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20689259:I could have danced all night. a student 2024/01/22 (Mon) 22:02:21
お願いします。オードリー・ヘプバーン主演の映画「マイ・フェア・レディ」の挿入歌に、『I Could Have Danced All Night』があります。

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

文中の
I only know when he began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced all night 
はどのように解釈すればいいのでしょうか?
I only know when he began to dance with me.で一文、I could have danced, danced, danced all night.で一文なのでしょうか?
それとも I only know の know の対象は when he began to dance with me. I could have danced, danced, danced all night. なのでしょうか?
もしそうであれば,I could have danced, danced, danced all nightの解釈はどうなるのでしょうか?
 
20689264:Re: I could have danced all night. round 2024/01/22 (Mon) 23:53:56
引用された歌詞に句読点がなかったので、検索で原詞をチェックしました:
https://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/myfairlady/icouldhavedancedallnight.htm

I only know when he
Began to dance with me.
I could have danced, danced danced all night!

このように I only know when he began to dance with me. でピリオドが打たれていました。
歌詞は行ごとに最初が大文字で書かれますが、文として続いているときはピリオドがなく、文末のピリオドなどは普通に打たれます。

従って、
I only know when he
Began to dance with me.
で一文。
I could have danced, danced danced all night!
がまた別の一文です。
20689265:Re: I could have danced all night. a student 2024/01/23 (Tue) 00:17:51
ありがとうございます。原詞を読むことが出来、スッキリハッキリバッチリ理解できました。