1. Dashing through the snow, In 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!
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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
By: James Lord Pierpont
Origin: United States of America
First Published: 1857