Information AboutJingle Bells |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT JINGLE BELLS | |
| 1857 songs | |
| christmas songs | |
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OVERVIEW As originally published, the song had a different melody as its Chorus part, which was less joyful and more Classical , Mozart -like sounding. It is unknown who replaced the chorus with its modern version. The first verse and chorus are the most often sung (and remembered) parts of "Jingle Bells": :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. :Jingle bells, jingle bells, :Jingle all the way! :O what fun it is to ride :In a one-horse open sleigh. Although less well known than the opening, the remaining verses depict high-speed youthful fun. In the second verse the narrator takes a ride with a girl and loses control of the sleigh: :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 :We ran into a drifted bank :And there we got upsot In the next verse he falls out of the sleigh and a rival laughs at him: :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 at me as I there lay :But quickly drove away In the final verse, he picks up some girls, times a horse, bets on it, and then takes off at full speed: :Now the ground is white :Go it while you're young :Take the girls along :and sing this sleighing song :Just bet a bobtailed bay :Two forty as his speed :Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! :You'll take the lead In spirit – "Go it while you're young" – the song anticipates the themes of songs about girls and cars of a century later like Chuck Berry 's "Maybellene" or the Beach Boys ' "Fun Fun Fun". Notes |
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