[ti:Act I: Miss Fairfax, Ever Since I Met You (Live)]
[ar:Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Thomas Ades/Peter Tantsits/Katalin Karolyi]
[al:Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest (Live)]
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[00:00.00]The Importance of Being Earnest: Act I: Miss Fairfax, ever since I met you (Jack, Gwendolen) - Peter Tantsits/Katalin Karolyi
[00:00.27]Written by：Gerald Barry
[00:00.55]Miss fairfax ever since I met you
[00:03.82]I have admired you more than any girl
[00:08.83]I have ever met since
[00:11.42]I met you
[00:13.51]Yes
[00:13.98]My ideal has always been to love some one of the name of ernest
[00:19.18]There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence
[00:24.47]The moment algernon first mentioned to me
[00:27.69]That he had a friend called ernest
[00:30.05]I knew I was destined to love you
[00:33.73]You really love me gwendolen
[00:36.17]Passionately
[00:37.13]Darling
[00:38.08]My own ernest
[00:40.90]But you don't really mean to say that you couldn't love me
[00:46.91]If my name wasn't ernest
[00:49.38]But your name is ernest
[00:51.64]Yes I know it is but supposing it was something else
[00:57.71]Do you mean to say you couldn't love me then
[01:02.52]Darling
[01:03.69]I don't much care about the name of ernest
[01:07.48]I don't think the name suits me at all
[01:11.67]It suits you perfectly
[01:13.41]It is a divine name
[01:16.15]It has a music of its own
[01:18.63]It produces vibrations
[01:22.07]Well
[01:22.56]There are lots of other much nicer names
[01:25.02]I think jack for instance a charming name
[01:28.74]Jack
[01:29.79]No there is very little music in the name jack
[01:34.60]If any at all indeed it does not thrill it produces absolutely no vibrations
[01:42.74]I have known several jacks
[01:45.45]The only really safe name is ernest
[01:48.98]Gwendolen I must get christened at once
[01:51.32]I mean we must get married at once
[01:54.87]There is no time to be lost
[01:57.66]Married Mr worthing
[02:00.06]Well surely you know that I love you
[02:02.82]Miss fairfax
[02:04.40]I adore you
[02:05.96]But you haven't proposed to me yet
[02:08.49]May I propose now
[02:10.11]Yes Mr worthing
[02:10.86]I am fully determined to accept you
[02:15.48]Gwendolen
[02:16.80]Yes Mr worthing
[02:18.10]You know what I have got to say to you
[02:21.08]Yes but you don't say it
[02:23.66]Gwendolen will you marry me
[02:26.23]Of course I will darling how long you have been about it
[02:29.67]I am afraid you have had very little experience in how to propose
[02:34.19]My own one
[02:35.10]I have never loved any one in the world but you
[02:39.50]Yes but men often propose for practice
[02:42.00]I know my brother gerald does all my girl
[02:44.40]What wonderfully blue eyes you have ernest
[02:47.78]They are quite quite blue I hope you will always look at me just like
[02:52.69]That especially when there are other people present