Lyrics
(Austrian folk song)
Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high,
When he met with (1) an avalanche interrupting his cry.
Refrain
Ho-lee-ah,
Ho-leh-rah-hee-hee-ah,
Ho-leh-rah cuckoo,
spoken (1) rumble rumble
Ho-leh-rah-hee-hee-ah,
Ho-leh-rah cuckoo,
spoken (1) rumble rumble
Ho-leh-rah-hee-hee-ah,
Ho-leh-rah cuckoo,
spoken (1) rumble rumble
Ho-leh-rah-hee-hee-ah-ho.
Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain so high,
When he met with (2) a skier interrupting his cry.
Refrain…
…swooooosh, rumble rumble…
2. a skier…swooooosh, rumble rumble
3. a St. Bernard…arf arf, swooooosh, rumble rumble
4. a grizzly bear…grrrrr, arf arf, swooooosh, rumble rumble
5. a milking maid…tss tss, grrrrr, arf arf, swooooosh, rumble rumble
6. a pretty girl…smack smack, tss tss, grrrrr, arf arf, swooooosh, rumble rumble
Alaskan Version
This version was submitted by music educator, Elizabeth Knapp of Anchorage, Alaska.
See also
- Country: Austria
- Subjects: silly / animals
- Form: cumulative
- Harmony: chords I V
- Meter: 3 / mixed meter
- Scale: major
- Source: Wee Sing Silly Songs, Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1982
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- Printable & Digital Visuals
- PDF with song with chords in 2 keys + Lesson ideas
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
