Jingles bells (Vive le vent)

1. Dashing through the snow
   In a one-horse open sleigh
   O’er the fields we go
   Laughing all the way
   Bells on bob tail∗ ring
   Making spirits bright
   What fun it is to ride and sing
   A sleighing song tonight!

Chorus:
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.

2. A day or two ago,
   I thought I’d take a ride
   And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
   Was seated by my side,
   The horse was lean and lank
   Misfortune seemed his lot
   He got into a drifted bank
   And then we got upsot∗.
   [Chorus]

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.
   [Chorus]

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∗ as his speed
   Hitch him to an open sleigh
   And crack! you’ll take the lead.
   [Chorus]