JINGLE BELLS LYRICS | CHRISTMAS | 🎵RELAXING MUSIC
Channel: Burt Anselmo
Date: 2020-10-08

Here's a quick explanation of the origins and development of "Jingle Bells" plus some fun facts about the song.

The One Horse Open Sleigh
"Jingle Bells" was originally titled "The One Horse Open Sleigh." James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893), an American composer, songwriter, and organist born in New England, wrote the melody and lyrics in 1857.

"The One Horse Open Sleigh" was meant for a Thanksgiving program at a church in Savannah, Georgia where Pierpont was an organist. The song was so well accepted that it was again sung on Christmas day and since then it became one of the most popular Christmas carols.

Jingle Bells

0:12 Dashing through the snow
0:15 On a one horse open sleigh
0:17 O'er the fields we go,
0:20 Laughing all the way
0:24 Bells on bob tail ring,
0:26 making spirits bright
0:29 What fun it is to laugh and sing
0:22 A sleighing song tonight

0:33 Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
0:37 Jingle all the way
0:40 Oh, what fun it is to ride
0:43 In a one horse open sleigh
0:45 Jingle bells, jingle bells
0:48 Jingle all the way
0:52 Oh, what fun it is to ride
0:54 In a one horse open sleigh

PHOTO INFORMATION
Shanghai, China Cityscape
Thumbnail: City Lit Up at Night