Jingle Bells
Tradition
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. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey ! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh ! A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride And soon miss Fanny Bright was sitting by my side The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot He got into a drifted bank and we got upset. A day or two ago, the story I must tell I went out in 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 lied but quickly drove away. Now the ground is white, go it while you're young Take the girls tonight and sing a sleighing song Just get a bob-tailed bay, two-forty as his speed Hitch him to a open sleigh and, crack ! you'll take the lead.
