High On A Rocky Ledge - Moondog

High On A Rocky Ledge - Moondog
Written by：Moondog/Louis Hardin
High on a rocky ledge lives a mädel
Edelweiß
Shy as a shadow
Lovely as lace
And cold as ice
High on a rocky ledge
I pledged my love to her
Ev´ry time I climb up to paradise
How many times
I´ve been up to see her
Goodness knows
Huffing and puffing
Dressed in the warmest climbing clothes
How many chances would be taken in
My hopeless pursuit of the schnee mädel edelweiß
Then spoke a spirit
If you would win your lady love
There´s only one way
Fall to your death from high above
You will begin to grow in snow beside the one
You have waited for to be mated with
Now i'm an edel
Vice to my mädel edelweiß
Dying to be with her wasn't any sacrifice
We're so deliriously happy on your ledge where I pledge
My love to my lady fair
You who are climbing breathless to see me
And my love
Snow flowers growing fonder
On lover's ledge above
If you've the yen to pluck then pluck
Us both for we who have lived as one
Wish to die as one