High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
O-ho-lay-dee-odl-lee-o, o-ho-lay-dee-odl-ay
O-ho-lay-dee-odl-lee-o, o-lay-dee-odl-lay
♪
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
♪
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hee-hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
♪
Mmm-hm-hm-hmm (hmm-hmm)
Odl-lay-ee (odl-lay-ee)
Odl-lay-hee-hee (odl-lay-hee-hee)
Odl-lay-ee
O-ho-lay-dee-odl-lee-o, o-ho-lay-dee-odl-ay
O-ho-lay-dee-odl-lee-o, o-lay-dee-odl-lay
♪
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hoo-hoo
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-lay-hmm-hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
Happy are they, lay-dee-o-lay-dee-lee-oh
Oh-lay-dee-oh-lay-dee-hay-dee-oh
Soon the duet will become a trio
Lay-ee-odl-lay-ee-odl-ooh
Odl-lay-ee, odl-lay-ee (odl-lay-ee)
Odl-lay-hee-hee (odl-lay-hee-hee), odl-lay-ee (odl-lay-ee)
Odl-lay-odl-lay (odl-lay-odl-lay), odl-lay-odl-lee (odl-lay-odl-lay)
Odl-lay odl-lee (odl-lay-odl-lay)
Odl-lay-odl-lee-odl-lay (woo!)