high on a rocky ledge lives a mdel edelwei 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 mdel edelwei 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 mdel edelwei 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