High on a Rocky Ledge (Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog)

High on a rocky ledge lives a Mädel, Edelweiß

Schnee as a shadow, lovely as lace, and cold as ice

High on a rocky ledge, He pledge his love to her

Ev'ry time he climbs up to Paradise

How many times He's been up to see her, goodness knows

Huffing and puffing, dressed in the warmest climbing clothes

How many chances would be taken in his

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"

You who are climbing breathless to see her and his love

Snow flowers growing fonder on Lover's Ledge above

If you've the yen to pluck, then pluck them both

For they who have lived as one wish to die as one