Dashing through the snow <br />In a one-horse open sleigh <br />O'er the fields we go <br />Laughing all the way. <br />Bells on bob-tail ring <br />Making spirits bright <br />What joy it is to ride and sing <br />A sleighing song tonight. <br /> <br />Chorus: <br /> <br />Jingle bells, jingle bells <br />Jingle all the way, <br />Oh what fun it is to ride <br />In a one-horse open sleigh, O <br />Jingle bells, jingle bells <br />Jingle all the way, <br />Oh what fun it is to ride <br />In a one-horse open sleigh. <br /> <br />A day or two ago <br />I thought I'd take a ride <br />And soon Miss Fanny Bright <br />Was seated by my side; <br />The horse was lean and lank <br />Misfortune seemed his lot, <br />We ran into a drifted bank <br />And there we got upsot. <br /> <br />A day or two ago <br />The story I must tell <br />I went out on the snow <br />And on my back I fell; <br />A gent was riding by <br />In a one-horse open sleigh <br />He laughed at me as I there sprawling laid <br />But quickly drove away. <br /> <br />Now the ground is white, <br />Go it while you're young, <br />Take the girls tonight <br />And sing this sleighing song. <br />Just bet a bob-tailed bay, <br />Two-forty as his speed, <br />Hitch him to an open sleigh <br />and crack! You'll take the lead.<br /><br />James Lord Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jingle-bells-one-horse-open-sleigh/
