JINGLE BELLS
(John Pierpont, 1859)
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.
Jingle bells, jingle
bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, O
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.
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
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.
Jingle bells, jingle
bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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.
Jingle bells, jingle
bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.