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This very famous carol has been written (1857) by James Pierpont. Originally this composition was entitled "One Horse Open Sleigh". |
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Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh through the fields we go laughing all the way. Bells on bob-tail ring making spirits bright what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.
chorus: Jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, Oh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
A day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride and soon Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side; the horse was lean and lank misfortune seemed his lot, we ran into a drifted bank and there we got upsot.
A day or two ago the story I must tell I went out on the snow and on my back I fell; a gent was riding by in a one-horse open sleigh he laughed at me as I there sprawling laid but quickly drove away.
Now the ground is white, go it while you're young, take the girls along and sing this sleighing song. Just bet a bob-tailed bay, two-forty as his speed, hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! You'll take the lead.
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