High On A Rocky Ledge

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