[Intro]
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[Verse]
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High on a rocky ledge lives the Mädel, Edelweiß
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Shy as a shadow, lovely as lace, and cold as ice
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High on a rocky ledge, I pledged my love to
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Her ev'ry time I climb up to paradise
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How many times I've been up to see her, goodness knows
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Huffing and puffing, dressed in the warmest climbing clothes
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How many chances would be taken in my
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Hopeless pursuit of the Schnee-Mädel-Edelweiß
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Then spoke a spirit, "If you would win your Lady Love,
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There's only one way: fall to your death from high above.
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You will begin to grow in snow beside the
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One you have waited for to be mated with."
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Now I'm an Edel, vice to my Mädel, Edelweiß
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Dying to be with her wasn't any sacrifice
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We're so deliriously happy on our
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Ledge where I pledged my love to my Lady Fair
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You who are climbing breathless to see me and my love
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Snow flowers growing fonder on Lover's Ledge above
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If you've the yen to pluck, then pluck us both for
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We who have lived as one, wish to die as one.
[Outro]
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