Finale lyrics
by Original Motion Picture Cast of 1776
[THOMPSON, spoken]
The count, being twelve to none, with one abstention, the resolution on independence is adopted
[ADAMS, spoken]
It's done. It's done
[HANc*ck, spoken]
Mr. Thompson, is the Declaration ready to be signed?
[THOMPSON, spoken]
It is
[HANc*ck, spoken]
Then I suggest we do so
[?, spoken]
Very well, gentlemen
McNair!
[HANc*ck, spoken]
Go ring the bell
[?, spoken]
Stephen, sit down
[HOPKINS, spoken]
No, I want to remember each man's face as he signs
[HANc*ck, spoken]
Very well. Mr. Thompson?
[THOMPSON, spoken]
New Hampshire: Dr. Josiah Bartlett
Massachusetts: Mr. John Adams
[The Liberty Bell rings out and continues between each name.]
Rhode Island: Mr. Stephen Hopkins
Connecticut: Mr. Roger Sherman
New York: Mr. Lewis Morris
New Jersey: The Reverend Jonathan Witherspoon
Pennsylvania: Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Delaware: Mr. Caesar Rodney
Mary-land: Mr. Samuel Chase
Virginia: Mr. Thomas Jefferson
North Carolina: Mr. Joseph Hewes
South Carolina: Mr. Edward Rutledge
Georgia: Dr. Lyman Hall