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一晩中だって踊れたわ

オードリー・ヘップバーン扮する下町の花売り娘イライザが、話し方の訓練を受けて貴婦人に変身するミュージカル「マイ・フェア・レディ」からのナンバー。自分の恋心に気づいたイライザが、うれしくて眠れない場面で歌います。聞いているだけで、まさに踊りだしたいほど浮き浮きする名曲ですね。タイトルに使われるちょっと上級の文法「could + have + 過去分詞」は、「（実際にはしなかったけど）～することができた」ときに使います。歌詞にはほかにもこの形がたくさん出てきますので、ぜひ探してみてください。

I Could Have Danced All Night

Eliza: Bed, bed I couldn’t go to bed
My head’s too light to try to set it down
Sleep, sleep I couldn’t sleep tonight
Not for all the jewels in the crown

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things
I’ve never done before

I’ll never know what made it so exciting
Why all at once my heart took flight
I only know when he began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced all night

Servants: It’s after three now
Don’t you agree now?
She ought to be in bed

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things
I’ve never done before

I’ll never know what made it so exciting
Why all at once my heart took flight
I only know when he began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced all night

Mrs. Pearce: I understand dear
It’s all been grand dear
But now it’s time to sleep

I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more
I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things
I’ve never done before

I’ll never know what made it so exciting
Why all at once my heart took flight
I only know when he began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced all night

Songwriters
LERNER, ALAN JAY/LOEWE, FREDERICK

「私は今　世界のてっぺんにいるの」

新年あけましておめでとうございます。みなさんの一年が「世界のテッペンにいる」くらいしあわせな年になりますように、と願いをこめて、新年一番にお届けするのは、70年代に活躍した兄妹デュオ、カーペンターズのヒット曲。私よりお若いみなさんでも、テレビCMやドラマ挿入歌などで耳にしたことがあると思います。歌詞は長く見えますが、語尾をはしょるくらいの気持ちで流れるように歌ってみましょう。コツは、単語をまじめにひとつずつ発音せず、次の音とつなげて「リンク」させること。軽快なリズムに歌詞がピタリとはまってとても気持ちよく歌えます。新年会のカラオケで披露してみてくださいネ。

Top of the World
By RICHARD LYNN / BETTIS, JOHN

Such a feelin’s comin’ over me
There is wonder in ‘most ev’ry thing I see
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes
And I won’t be surprised if it’s a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is now comin’ true especially for me
And the reason is clear, it’s because you are here
You’re the nearest thing to heaven that I’ve seen

I’m on the top of the world lookin’ down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I’ve found ever since you’ve been around
Your love’s put me at the top of the world

Somethin’ in the wind has learned my name
And it’s tellin’ me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There’s a pleasin’ sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here

I’m on the top of the world lookin’ down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I’ve found ever since you’ve been around
Your love’s put me at the top of the world

I’m on the top of the world lookin’ down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I’ve found ever since you’ve been around
Your love’s put me at the top of the world