Jingle Bells

James Lord Pierpont

Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way
Bells on bobtails ring making spirits bright
Oh, What fun it is to 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
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 then 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 as there I sprawling lie but quickly drove away

Now the ground is white, go it while you’re young
Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song
Just get a bobtailed bay two forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! You’ll take the lead