Изначально была написана Джеймсом Лордом Пьерпонтом в 1857 году ко Дню благодарения и назвалась «One Horse Open Sleigh», но с течением времени стала восприниматься как рождественская[3][4][5]. Согласно информации, опубликованной на портале History.com, Jingle Bells была первой песней, которая прозвучала из космоса в 1965 году[6].
Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O’er the hills we go
Laughing all the way.
The bells on bobtail ring
The making our spirits bright
Oh what sport to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Chorus:
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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
Chorus:
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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:
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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 is his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! You’ll take the lead.
Chorus:
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.