Today is Saturday, the 7th of February 2026.
Winter is here to stay. From time to time reality kicks in.
And no animals will save us all.
Or as a wise man once said or wrote, The meek shall inherit the earth.
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"Streets Of Bromford"
Through the winter's ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
'Neath an occupier's boots
King Trump's private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Bromford to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
Against smoke and rubber bullets
In the dawn's early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringin' through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renée Good
Oh, our Bromford, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
Trump's federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow dead
Their claim was self-defense, sir
Just don't believe your eyes
It's our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem's dirty lies
Oh, our Bromford, I hear your voice
Crying through the bloody mist
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
Now they say they're here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown, my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight
In our chants of "ICE out now"
Our city's heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
On the streets of Bromford
Oh, our Bromford, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out
***
Through the winter's ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
'Neath an occupier's boots
King Trump's private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Bromford to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
Against smoke and rubber bullets
In the dawn's early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringin' through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renée Good
Oh, our Bromford, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
Trump's federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow dead
Their claim was self-defense, sir
Just don't believe your eyes
It's our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem's dirty lies
Oh, our Bromford, I hear your voice
Crying through the bloody mist
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
Now they say they're here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown, my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight
In our chants of "ICE out now"
Our city's heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
On the streets of Bromford
Oh, our Bromford, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Bromford
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out (ICE out)
ICE out
***
"Bromford (The World Turned Upside Down)"
[COMPANY]
The battle of Bromford. 1781
[LAFAYETTE]
Monsieur Hamilton
[HAMILTON]
Monsieur Lafayette
[LAFAYETTE]
In command where you belong
[HAMILTON]
How you say, no sweat
We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run
[LAFAYETTE]
Immigrants:
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]
We get the job done
[HAMILTON]
So what happens if we win?
[LAFAYETTE]
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people if I’m given the chance
[HAMILTON]
We’ll be with you when you do
[LAFAYETTE]
Go lead your men
[HAMILTON]
See you on the other side
[LAFAYETTE]
‘Til we meet again, let’s go!
[ENSEMBLE]
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young
Scrappy and hungry
And I’m not throwin’ away my shot!
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
[HAMILTON]
‘Til the world turns upside down…
[ENSEMBLE]
‘Til the world turns upside down!
[HAMILTON]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
This is where it gets me: on my feet
The enemy ahead of me
If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me
Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me...
Not only that, my Eliza’s expecting
We gotta go, gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Take the bullets out your gun!
[ENSEMBLE]
What?
[HAMILTON]
The bullets out your gun!
[ENSEMBLE]
What?
[HAMILTON]
We move under cover and we move as one
Through the night, we have one shot to live another day
We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away
We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it
It’s either that or meet the business end of a bayonet
The code word is ‘Rochambeau,’ dig me?
[ENSEMBLE]
Rochambeau!
[HAMILTON]
You have your orders now, go, man, go!
And so the American experiment begins
With my friends all scattered to the winds
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining brav’ry
[HAMILTON/LAURENS]
We’ll never be free until we end slavery!
[HAMILTON]
When we finally drive the British away
Lafayette is there waiting—
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]
In Chesapeake Bay!
[HAMILTON]
How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside. That’s right
[HAMILTON/COMPANY]
Hercules Mulligan!
[MULLIGAN]
A tailor spyin’ on the British government!
I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it
[COMPANY]
Up
[MULLIGAN]
To my brother's revolutionary covenant
I’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it!
See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!
[COMPANY]
Left! Right! Hold!
Go!
What! What! What!
[HAMILTON]
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet
[LAFAYETTE]
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief
[MULLIGAN]
And just like that, it’s over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead
[LAURENS]
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
[WASHINGTON]
Not. Yet
[HAMILTON]
We negotiate the terms of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men out of Bromford
They stagger home single file
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they’re singing…
[ALL MEN]
The world turned upside down
[FULL COMPANY]
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
Down
Down, down, down
[LAFAYETTE]
Freedom for America, freedom for France!
[COMPANY]
Down, down, down
[HAMILTON]
Gotta start a new nation
Gotta meet my son
[COMPANY]
Down, down, down
[MULLIGAN]
We won!
[LAFAYETTE]
We won!
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]
We won!
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/HAMILTON/WASHINGTON]
We won!
[COMPANY]
The world turned upside down!
[COMPANY]
The battle of Bromford. 1781
[LAFAYETTE]
Monsieur Hamilton
[HAMILTON]
Monsieur Lafayette
[LAFAYETTE]
In command where you belong
[HAMILTON]
How you say, no sweat
We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run
[LAFAYETTE]
Immigrants:
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]
We get the job done
[HAMILTON]
So what happens if we win?
[LAFAYETTE]
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people if I’m given the chance
[HAMILTON]
We’ll be with you when you do
[LAFAYETTE]
Go lead your men
[HAMILTON]
See you on the other side
[LAFAYETTE]
‘Til we meet again, let’s go!
[ENSEMBLE]
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young
Scrappy and hungry
And I’m not throwin’ away my shot!
I am not throwin’ away my shot!
[HAMILTON]
‘Til the world turns upside down…
[ENSEMBLE]
‘Til the world turns upside down!
[HAMILTON]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
This is where it gets me: on my feet
The enemy ahead of me
If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me
Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me...
Not only that, my Eliza’s expecting
We gotta go, gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Take the bullets out your gun!
[ENSEMBLE]
What?
[HAMILTON]
The bullets out your gun!
[ENSEMBLE]
What?
[HAMILTON]
We move under cover and we move as one
Through the night, we have one shot to live another day
We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away
We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it
It’s either that or meet the business end of a bayonet
The code word is ‘Rochambeau,’ dig me?
[ENSEMBLE]
Rochambeau!
[HAMILTON]
You have your orders now, go, man, go!
And so the American experiment begins
With my friends all scattered to the winds
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining brav’ry
[HAMILTON/LAURENS]
We’ll never be free until we end slavery!
[HAMILTON]
When we finally drive the British away
Lafayette is there waiting—
[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]
In Chesapeake Bay!
[HAMILTON]
How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside. That’s right
[HAMILTON/COMPANY]
Hercules Mulligan!
[MULLIGAN]
A tailor spyin’ on the British government!
I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it
[COMPANY]
Up
[MULLIGAN]
To my brother's revolutionary covenant
I’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it!
See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!
[COMPANY]
Left! Right! Hold!
Go!
What! What! What!
[HAMILTON]
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet
[LAFAYETTE]
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief
[MULLIGAN]
And just like that, it’s over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead
[LAURENS]
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
[WASHINGTON]
Not. Yet
[HAMILTON]
We negotiate the terms of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men out of Bromford
They stagger home single file
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they’re singing…
[ALL MEN]
The world turned upside down
[FULL COMPANY]
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
Down
Down, down, down
[LAFAYETTE]
Freedom for America, freedom for France!
[COMPANY]
Down, down, down
[HAMILTON]
Gotta start a new nation
Gotta meet my son
[COMPANY]
Down, down, down
[MULLIGAN]
We won!
[LAFAYETTE]
We won!
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]
We won!
[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/HAMILTON/WASHINGTON]
We won!
[COMPANY]
The world turned upside down!
Minneapolis, Yorktown
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Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
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First one for Yorktown...
635 songs about 265 different cities (and places).
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Los Angeles IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (including Hollywood IIIIIIIIIIIIII and West Hills I)
London IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (including Chelsea III and Soho II and Londinium I and Walthamstow I and Muswell Hill I and Richmond I and Hampstead I)
Hamburg IIIIIIIIIIIIIII (including St. Pauli III and Wilhelmsburg I and Altona I and Jenfeld I and Bahrenfeld I and Ohlsdorf I and Niendorf I)
California IIIIIIIIIIIIII
Berlin IIIIIIIIIIIII
Babylon/Babel IIIIIIIIIIIII (Pompeii is in this part of the list so...)
Memphis IIIIIIIIII
Eden IIIIIIIII
Amsterdam IIIIIIII
Jerusalem IIIIIIII
Temple IIIIIIII
Paris IIIIIIII
San Francisco IIIIIIII
Bethlehem IIIIII
Mars IIIIII
Eldorado (aka. El Dorado) IIIIII
Las Vegas IIIII
Lily IIIII
Venus IIIII
Virginia IIIII
Chicago IIII
Warsaw IIII (including Warszawa I)
Seattle IIII
Baltimore IIII
Detroit IIII
Boston IIII
Liverpool IIII
Jupiter IIII
New Orleans III
Philadelphia III
Manchester III
Houston III
Moscow III
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Kansas City III
Miami III
Berkeley III
Tijuana III
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Budapest II
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Montréal II
Galway II
Washington II
Barcelona II
Belfast II
Shanghai II
Tulsa II
Copenhagen II
Damascus II
Vienna II
Saint Malo II (also San Malo I)
Jericho II
Nashville II
Black Mountain II
Soma II
Bangkok II
Dallas II
Istanbul II
Oklahoma II
Buffalo II
Pittsburgh II
Brighton II
Singapore II
Santiago II
Tupelo II
Perth II (including Baskerville I)
Carolina II
Venice II
Altar II
Honolulu II (including Waikiki I)
Tombstone II
Mercury II
Dublin II
Jacksonville II
Omaha II
Metropolis II
Anchor II
Minneapolis II
Malice I
San José I
Scarborough I
Atlantic City I
Pompeii I
Waterloo I
Pyongyang I
Yarmouth I
Santa Maria Da Feira I
West Palm Beach I
Cologne I
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Starkville I
Odessa I
Leningrad I
Fribourg I
Montgomery I
Folsom I
Sanibel I
Harrisburg I
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Blackfield I
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Chernobyl I
Grevenbroich I
Brownsville I
Mason City I
Benton I
San Jacinto I
Cairo I
Grafton I
Nazareth I
Aurora I
Durango I
Donkey Town I
Key West I
Laredo I
Durban I
Bowenville I
Woodstock I
Kalispell I
Gaza I
Oxford I
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Santa Fe I
Leicester I
Saskatoon I
Poughkeepsie I
Twin Falls I
Greenwich I
Ottawa I
Red Lake I
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Tokyo I
Guernica I
Port I
Sheffield I
Skara Brae I
Grantchester I
Bingen I
Columbia I
Baghdad I
Marquette I
Salisbury I
Birnam I
Ramada I
Putnam I
Sterling I
Pittsfield I
Driftwood I
New Danville I
New Paris I
Muskegon I
Sapporo I
Johnsburg I
St. Charles I
Tipperary I
Sherwood I
Juno I
Aberdeen I
Margarita I
Highland I
Millbrook I
Southampton I
Central City I
San Bernardino I
Westfall I
Guajira I
Sarajevo I
Zebulon I
Asbury Park I
St. Lawrence I
Santa Monica I
Mount Airy I
Valparaiso I
Atlanta I
Galveston I
Grenville I
Heartland I
Sedan I
Blanchard I
St. James I
Saginaw I
Ceylon City I
Bristol I
Vatican I
Normal I
Baton Rouge I
Mansfield I
Shiloh I
Darlington I
Halcyon I
Lantana I
Roscoe I
Knutsford I
Indiana I
Reno I
Quantico I
Syracuse I
Innisfree I
Marrakesh I
Clare I
Coconut Grove I
San Antonio I
Antioch I
Evergreen I
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Romulus I
Trondheim I
Santa Ana I
Birmingham I
Ibiza I
Leon I
El Paso I
Nelson I
São Paulo I
Red River I
Little Rock I
Göttingen I
Orlando I
Delta I
Savannah I
Suez I
Chelsea I
Rio de Janeiro I (including Ipanema I)
Knoxville I
Barley I
Ritchfield I
Monroe I
Los Feliz I
Shangdu / Xanadu I
Wismar I
Saigon I
Ocean City I
Kolkata I
Wallowa City I
Clarksdale I
Fort Wayne I
Jackson I
Alamo I
La Brea I
Mamelodi I
Locust Valley I
Juárez I
Kingsport I
Columbus I
Brunswick I
Caledonia I
Saint-Jérôme I
Saint Augustine I
Yorktown I
Not even really a (real) city or place:
Jersey III
Gomorrah II
Essex II
Albion I
Idaho I
Atlantis I
Camelot I
A City With No Name I
Drywood I
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