Jingle Bells Lyrics to the song below was written by James Pierpont in 1857.

This a a popular catchy and fun Christmas Carol enjoyed by children and adults alike. It speaks of the excitement, joys, and misfortunes associated with sleighing and the snowy winter season. The jingle of the sleigh bells dominant throughout the song.


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Jingle Bells

 

Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtails ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.

 

 (chorus): 

Jingle bells, jin
Oh what fun it is to ride
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A day or two ago,
And soon Miss Fanny Bright,
The horse was lean and lank,
He got into a drifted

 

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A day or two ago,
I went out on the snow,
A gent was riding by,
He laughed as there I sprawling 

 

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Now the ground is white,
Take the girls tonight,
Just get a bob-tailed bay,
Hitch him to an open sleigh

 

gle bells, jingle all the way
 in a one-horse open sleigh.
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 I thought I'd take a ride
 was seated by my side;
 misfortune seemed his lot;
 bank and we got upsot.

 

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 the story I must tell
 and on my back I fell;
 in a one-horse open sleigh
 lie but quickly drove away.

 

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 go it while you're young
 and sing this sleighing song;
 two-forty as his speed
 and crack you'll take the lead.

 

 

(chorus)

 

 

 

 

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