Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring
Making spirits bright
Oh, what fun it is to 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.
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.
(Chorus)
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
He laughed as there I sprawling lay
In a one horse open sleigh,
But quickly drove away.
(Chorus)
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 for his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you’ll take the lead.
By James Lord Pierpont (1822 – 1893)
Here’s a version by Frank Sinatra from YouTube