JULIE ANDREWS - I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT

I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT

JULIE ANDREWS

SONGWRITERS: FREDERICK LOEWE & ALAN JAY LERNER
country: u s a

FROM THE MUSICAL: MY FAIR LADY

ALBUM: MY FAIR LADY: I COULD HAVE DANCE ALL NIGHT

LABEL: LONDON CAST RECORDING

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1959

"I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, published in 1956. The song is sung by the musical's heroine, Eliza Doolittle, expressing her exhilaration and excitement after an impromptu dance with her tutor Henry Higgins - in the small hours of the morning. In a counterpoint during the second of 3 rounds, two maids and the housekeeper, Mrs. Pearce, urge Eliza to go to bed, but she ignores them.

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

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

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