James Pierpont 1857
Dashing through the snow
on a one-horse open sleigh.
O'er 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.
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;
He got into a drifted bank
And we, 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 as there
I sprawling lie
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 tonight
And sing this sleighing song;
Just get 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.
to go back to Christmas, 1999