Matterhorn

[ti:Matterhorn] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:The Best of Country Bluegrass, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.33]Matterhorn - The Hit Crew [00:02.68] [00:09.98]We started out from Bern one sunny August morn [00:12.62] [00:14.54]There was just the four of us against the Matterhorn [00:16.81] [00:18.67]There was Albert the Australian and John the Irishman [00:21.58] [00:22.67]Me and Bill from Britain mad dogs in the sun [00:25.44] [00:26.72]Matterhorn Matterhorn [00:29.63] [00:31.50]Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn [00:34.17] [00:35.66]That mighty Matterhorn [00:36.45] [00:47.67]Two miles up we lost John and our rations fell below [00:50.18] [00:51.84]Now Al and Bill are lying beneath an avalanche of snow [00:54.51] [00:56.02]Now here I am alone and I know I cannot stop [00:58.88] [01:00.78]Two more yards in front of me before I reach the top [01:03.55] [01:04.77]Matterhorn Matterhorn [01:07.55] [01:09.40]Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn [01:11.74] [01:13.84]That mighty Matterhorn [01:14.74] [01:25.39]Now here I am a dying upon the Matterhorn [01:27.87] [01:29.71]Not a thing for me to lie in or a thing to keep me warm [01:32.88] [01:34.20]The Queen would surely knight me if I could get back down [01:37.05] [01:38.64]But it's closer here to heaven than it is back to the ground [01:42.61] [01:43.77]Matterhorn Matterhorn [01:46.54] [01:48.33]Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn [01:50.84] [01:52.70]That mighty Matterhorn [01:53.67] [01:55.32]That mighty Matterhorn