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(Yay-dee-lay-eee-ooh)(Yay-dee-lay-eee-ooh)(Yay-dee-lay-eeeee-ee-ee-ooh)Up on the top of a snow-covered mountainThere lived an Alpine missAnd oh, what a sweet little miss was thisWe mean this little Swiss missWhile down in the valley below (Ho-ho)Lived a boy who loved her so (Ho-ho)He loved her with all his mightHe loved her day and nightAnd every night just to see this missHe used to risk his scalpFor the house where she lived was away up highAnd the poor guy didn't know how to flySo he jumped from alp to alpWhat a chump (What a chump)To jump (To jump)From alp to alpAnd then beneath her balconyHe used to stand around and try to make a hit with herAnd he would yodel, "O-lay-eee-tee"SongtexteThat's the Swiss idea of a melodyAnd oh, what a yodeling fool was heHe shook a wicked yodelAnd one night as he stood thereThe lights were very dimWhile leaning out too far across her balconyShe fell for himHe sat with his arms around herUntil the night was goneAnd here's the way they carried onHe said, "Dear I think you're just as sweet as you can beYou're like a cake of sweet Swiss chocolate to me"She said, "Oh, my loving one, your talk I can't resistI hope you're as steady as the Swiss watch ticking on your wrist"He said, "How I yearn for you, I burn for you, I do! I do!Oh, lady, oh, I swear it on my kneesMy love for you is just as strong as a piece of Sweitzer cheese" Aus Songtexte Mania