Jingle Bells

1. Dashing through the snow
   In a one-horse 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.
   
   
   Refrain:
   
   Jingle bells, jingle bells
   Jingle all the way
   O, what fun it is to ride
   In a one-horse open sleigh.
   
   Jingle bells, jingle bells
   Jingle all the way
   O, what fun it is to ride
   In a one-horse open sleigh.
   
   
   Text und Melodie:
   James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893)
   
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2. 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.
   
   
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 for his speed
   Then hitch him to an open sleigh
   And crack! You'll take the lead.