| Up on the top of a snow-covered mountain
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| There lived an Alpine miss
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| And oh, what a sweet little miss was this
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| We mean this little Swiss miss
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| While down in the valley below (Ho-ho)
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| Lived a boy who loved her so (Ho-ho)
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| He loved her with all his might
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| He loved her day and night
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| And every night just to see this miss
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| He used to risk his scalp
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| For the house where she lived was away up high
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| And the poor guy didn’t know how to fly
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| So he jumped from alp to alp
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| What a chump (What a chump)
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| To jump (To jump)
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| From alp to alp
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| And then beneath her balcony
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| He used to stand around and try to make a hit with her
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| And he would yodel, «O-lay-eee-tee»
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| That’s the Swiss idea of a melody
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| And oh, what a yodeling fool was he
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| He shook a wicked yodel
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| And one night as he stood there
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| The lights were very dim
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| While leaning out too far across her balcony
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| She fell for him
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| He sat with his arms around her
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| Until the night was gone
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| And here’s the way they carried on
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| He said, «Dear I think you’re just as sweet as you can be
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| You’re like a cake of sweet Swiss chocolate to me»
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| She said, «Oh, my loving one, your talk I can’t resist
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| I hope you’re as steady as the Swiss watch ticking on your wrist»
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| He said, «How I yearn for you, I burn for you, I do! |
| I do!
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| Oh, lady, oh, I swear it on my knees
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| My love for you is just as strong as a piece of Sweitzer cheese» |