My Fair Lady, Act II Scene 1: You Did It
演唱：sinfonia of london、The John Wilson Orchestra、Malcolm Sinclair、Jamie Parker、julia mckenzie、Annie Wensak"Pickering (spoken)
Higgins, it was an immense achievement.
Higgins (spoken)
A silly notion. If I hadn’t backed myself to do it, I should have chucked the whole thing up two months ago.
Pickering
Absolutely fantastic.
Higgins
A lot of tomfoolery.
Pickering
Higgins, I salute you.
Higgins
Nonsense, the silly people don’t know their own silly business.
(Eliza is still unnoticed and unsung. She stands immobile, tired, and tragic.)
Pickering (sings)
Tonight, old man, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it,
And indeed you did.
I thought that you would rue it;
I doubted you’d do it.
But now I must admit it
That succeed you did.
You should get a medal,
Or be even made a knight.
Higgins (sings)
It was nothing. Really nothing.
(Footman hands cigar to Higgins.)
Pickering
All alone you hurdled
Ev’ry obstacle in sight.
Higgins
Now, wait! Now, wait!
Give credit where it’s due:
A lot of the glory goes to you.
(The Butler holds a match as Higgins lights his cigar.)
Pickering
But you’re the one who did it!
Who did it! Who did it!
As sturdy as Gibraltar,
Not a second did you falter,
There’s no doubt about it,
You did it!
(crosses to Mrs Pearce)
I must have aged a year tonight.
At times I though I’d die of fright.
Never was there a momentary lull.
Higgins (rises, takes off hat and gloves, gives them to Footman)
Shortly after we came in,
I saw at once we’d eas’ly win,
And after that I found it deadly dull.
Pickering (to Mrs Pearce and Maids)
You should have heard the ooh’s and ah’s;
Ev’ryone wond’ring who she was.
Higgins (takes off coat, gives it to Butler)
You’d think they’d never seen a lady before.
Pickering (to Mrs Pearce as Higgins removes his shoes, massages his feet, looks for his slippers)
And when the Prince of Transylvania
Asked to meet her,
And gave his arm to lead her to the floor,
(Higgins puts his shoes back on, Pickering crosses to Higgins.)
said to him: ‘You did it! You did it!
You did it!’ They thought she was ecstatic
And so damn’d aristocratic,
And they never knew that
You did it!
(Music continues under dialogue.)
Higgins (rises, crosses to stairs, up two steps) (spoken)
Thank Heavens for Zoltan Karpathy. If it weren’t for him I would have died of boredom.
Mrs Pearce (spoken)
Karpathy? That dreadful Hungarian? Was he there?
Higgins
Yes. He was there, all right. And up to his old tricks.
(sings)
That blackguard who uses the science of speech
More to blackmail and swindle than teach –
He made it the devilish business of his...
(spoken)
‘To find out who this Miss Doolittle is!’
(crosses off stairs to downstage center as Servants group around him there)
Ev’ry time we looked around,
There he was, that hairy hound
From Budapest.
Never leaving us alone;
Never have I ever known
A ruder pest!
Fin’lly I decided it was foolish
Not to let him have his chance with her.
So I stepped aside and let him dance with her.
Oozing charm from ev’ry pore,
He oiled his way around the floor.
Ev’ry trick that he could play,
He used to strip her mask away.
And when at last the dance was done,
He glowed as if he knew he’d won!
And with a voice too eager,
And a smile too broad,
He announced to the hostess
That she was a fraud!
Mrs Pearce (spoken)
No!
Higgins (spoken)
Yavol!
(sings)
‘Her English is too good,’ he said,
‘Which clearly indicates that she is foreign.’
‘Whereas others are instructed in their native language,
English people aren’.’
‘And although she may have studied with an expert
Di’lectician and grammarian,
I can tell that she was born Hungarian!’
(spoken, as he crosses to wing chair)
‘Not only Hungarian – but – of royal blood! She is a princess!’
(The Servants rise, cross to behind sofa, as Higgins crosses to front of sofa.)
(continues singing)
‘Her blood’, he said, ‘is bluer
Than the Danube is or ever was!
Royalty is absolutely written on her face!’
‘She thought I was taken in,
But actually I never was.
How could she deceive another member of her race?’
‘I know each language on the map,’ said he;
‘And she’s Hungarian as
The first Hungarian Rhapsody!’
Servants (sing)
Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Congratulations, Professor Higgins!
For your glorious victory!
Congratulations, Professor Higgins!
(Higgins sits on sofa.)
You’ll be mentioned in history!
(Pickering crosses to mantel, gets a loving cup, crosses to sofa, picks up a pillow and presents the cup to Higgins who accepts it and flicks his ashes into it as he sits on sofa. Pickering rises.)
Pickering and Footman
This ev’ning, sir, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it
And indeed you did!
This evening, sir, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
We know that we have said it,
But you did it and the credit
For it all
Belongs to
You!
Rest of Servants
Congratulations,
Professor Higgins!
For your glorious
Victory!
Congratulations,
Professor Higgins!
Sing a Hail and Halleluia;
Ev’ry bit of credit
For it all
Belongs to
You!"
Higgins, it was an immense achievement.
Higgins (spoken)
A silly notion. If I hadn’t backed myself to do it, I should have chucked the whole thing up two months ago.
Pickering
Absolutely fantastic.
Higgins
A lot of tomfoolery.
Pickering
Higgins, I salute you.
Higgins
Nonsense, the silly people don’t know their own silly business.
(Eliza is still unnoticed and unsung. She stands immobile, tired, and tragic.)
Pickering (sings)
Tonight, old man, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it,
And indeed you did.
I thought that you would rue it;
I doubted you’d do it.
But now I must admit it
That succeed you did.
You should get a medal,
Or be even made a knight.
Higgins (sings)
It was nothing. Really nothing.
(Footman hands cigar to Higgins.)
Pickering
All alone you hurdled
Ev’ry obstacle in sight.
Higgins
Now, wait! Now, wait!
Give credit where it’s due:
A lot of the glory goes to you.
(The Butler holds a match as Higgins lights his cigar.)
Pickering
But you’re the one who did it!
Who did it! Who did it!
As sturdy as Gibraltar,
Not a second did you falter,
There’s no doubt about it,
You did it!
(crosses to Mrs Pearce)
I must have aged a year tonight.
At times I though I’d die of fright.
Never was there a momentary lull.
Higgins (rises, takes off hat and gloves, gives them to Footman)
Shortly after we came in,
I saw at once we’d eas’ly win,
And after that I found it deadly dull.
Pickering (to Mrs Pearce and Maids)
You should have heard the ooh’s and ah’s;
Ev’ryone wond’ring who she was.
Higgins (takes off coat, gives it to Butler)
You’d think they’d never seen a lady before.
Pickering (to Mrs Pearce as Higgins removes his shoes, massages his feet, looks for his slippers)
And when the Prince of Transylvania
Asked to meet her,
And gave his arm to lead her to the floor,
(Higgins puts his shoes back on, Pickering crosses to Higgins.)
said to him: ‘You did it! You did it!
You did it!’ They thought she was ecstatic
And so damn’d aristocratic,
And they never knew that
You did it!
(Music continues under dialogue.)
Higgins (rises, crosses to stairs, up two steps) (spoken)
Thank Heavens for Zoltan Karpathy. If it weren’t for him I would have died of boredom.
Mrs Pearce (spoken)
Karpathy? That dreadful Hungarian? Was he there?
Higgins
Yes. He was there, all right. And up to his old tricks.
(sings)
That blackguard who uses the science of speech
More to blackmail and swindle than teach –
He made it the devilish business of his...
(spoken)
‘To find out who this Miss Doolittle is!’
(crosses off stairs to downstage center as Servants group around him there)
Ev’ry time we looked around,
There he was, that hairy hound
From Budapest.
Never leaving us alone;
Never have I ever known
A ruder pest!
Fin’lly I decided it was foolish
Not to let him have his chance with her.
So I stepped aside and let him dance with her.
Oozing charm from ev’ry pore,
He oiled his way around the floor.
Ev’ry trick that he could play,
He used to strip her mask away.
And when at last the dance was done,
He glowed as if he knew he’d won!
And with a voice too eager,
And a smile too broad,
He announced to the hostess
That she was a fraud!
Mrs Pearce (spoken)
No!
Higgins (spoken)
Yavol!
(sings)
‘Her English is too good,’ he said,
‘Which clearly indicates that she is foreign.’
‘Whereas others are instructed in their native language,
English people aren’.’
‘And although she may have studied with an expert
Di’lectician and grammarian,
I can tell that she was born Hungarian!’
(spoken, as he crosses to wing chair)
‘Not only Hungarian – but – of royal blood! She is a princess!’
(The Servants rise, cross to behind sofa, as Higgins crosses to front of sofa.)
(continues singing)
‘Her blood’, he said, ‘is bluer
Than the Danube is or ever was!
Royalty is absolutely written on her face!’
‘She thought I was taken in,
But actually I never was.
How could she deceive another member of her race?’
‘I know each language on the map,’ said he;
‘And she’s Hungarian as
The first Hungarian Rhapsody!’
Servants (sing)
Bravo!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Congratulations, Professor Higgins!
For your glorious victory!
Congratulations, Professor Higgins!
(Higgins sits on sofa.)
You’ll be mentioned in history!
(Pickering crosses to mantel, gets a loving cup, crosses to sofa, picks up a pillow and presents the cup to Higgins who accepts it and flicks his ashes into it as he sits on sofa. Pickering rises.)
Pickering and Footman
This ev’ning, sir, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it
And indeed you did!
This evening, sir, you did it!
You did it! You did it!
We know that we have said it,
But you did it and the credit
For it all
Belongs to
You!
Rest of Servants
Congratulations,
Professor Higgins!
For your glorious
Victory!
Congratulations,
Professor Higgins!
Sing a Hail and Halleluia;
Ev’ry bit of credit
For it all
Belongs to
You!"