(James Pierpont. publ.1857)
Dashing through the snow
On a one-horse open sleigh,
Over 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,
O Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh (repeat)
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 we, we got upsot.
O Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way!
o What fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. (repeat)
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,
O Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way!
o What fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. (repeat)
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 as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead,
O Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way!
o What fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh