High on a Rocky Ledge

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 pledge 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 our 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