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Edelweiss
Translated from German |
The loveliest flower in all the world this is the Edelweiss, For it blooms so shy on the mountain high amidst the snow and ice. For it blooms so shy on the mountain high amidst the snow and ice. The maiden to her youth did say "As token of your love, Go fetch me then that starry spray that grows so high above". Go get me then that starry spray that grows so high above". The youth set off in early morn for the token he would strive. But nightfall came, then rosy dawn, he ne'r returned alive. But nightfall came, then rosy dawn, he ne'r returned alive. The maiden grieves, she rues the day she craved the Edelweiss, So sent awav her sweetheart gay to die in snow and ice. So sent away her sweetheart gay to die in snow and ice. |