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. |:Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. O, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.:| |
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. |:Jingle bells, ...:| |
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. |:Jingle bells, ...:| |
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. |:Jingle bells, ...:| |