Song 35 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors · Song 1 in The Christmas Songbook
Jingle Bells
Also known as: The One Horse Open Sleigh
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Piano
For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors and The Christmas Songbook (piano edition).
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Ukulele
For The Christmas Songbook (ukulele edition).
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Guitar
For The Christmas Songbook (guitar edition).
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Kalimba
For The Christmas Songbook (kalimba edition).
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Recorder
For The Christmas Songbook (recorder edition).
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All the words
Dashing through the snow
In a onehorse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtail 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 onehorse open sleigh,
onehorse open sleigh.A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fannie 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.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 for his speed,
Then hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! You'll take the lead.
About this song
- Music
- James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893)
- Words
- James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893)
- First published
- 1857 (Boston: Oliver Ditson, as The One Horse Open Sleigh); retitled Jingle Bells 1859
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.