Jingle Bells (Open Sleigh) - Fun Christmas Song/Carol 2010 !

Here we go.... ready to fly through the winters night!
You can hear my wonderful new Christmas album at http://www.joolsscott.co.uk or http://www.firesidecarols.co.uk
There's piano, cello, guitar, double bass, trumpet, lots of singing, cheer and jollity.

"Jingle Bells", also known as "One Horse Open Sleigh", is one of the best known and commonly sung secular Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (18221893) and copyrighted under the title 'One Horse Open Sleigh' on September 16, 1857. The song has been translated into many languages, was made in thanks giving by the composer.

Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob taila[›] ring (Or Hear our voices ring)
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing (Or What fun it is to ride and sing)
A sleighing song tonight
|: Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun [joy] it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.:|
Music historian James Fuld notes that the "the word jingle in the title and opening phrase is apparently an imperative verb."[2] However, it is commonly taken to mean a certain kind of bell.

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
He got into a drifted bank
And then we [we—we] got upsotb[›].

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 as there I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away.

In the last verse, he picks up some girls, finds a faster horse, and takes off at full speed:

Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bob tailed bay
Two fortyc[›] as [for] his speed
[and] Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.

There are several German versions of "Jingle Bells"; the popular Roy Black version Christkindl and Christmastime.

Kimberley Locke

"Jingle Bells" was the first song broadcast from space, in a Christmas-themed prank by Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra, December 16, 1965. They sent Mission Control this report:

We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, probably in polar orbit... I see a command module and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit...

The astronauts then produced a smuggled harmonica and sleighbells and broadcast a rendition of "Jingle Bells" (Smithsonian Magazine, December 2005 pp25ff).

"jingle bells metal" (Skid Row) - a metal version of jingle bells which isnt widely known
"Jingle Bell Rock" (Bobby Helms) - the best-known homage to "Jingle Bells", directly referencing the source song's lyrics. Originally recorded and released by Helms in a rockabilly style, "Jingle Bell Rock" has itself since become a Christmas standard.
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (Elmo & Patsy), "Christmas Balls" (The Bunkie Boys), "Santa Claus Is Watching You" (Ray Stevens), "Christmas in Hollis" (Run-DMC) - these and other Christmas novelty songs use variations of the "Jingle Bells" chorus as an opening; in addition, the chorus of "Grandma" uses slightly different chord patterns.
A well-known children's playground song uses the "Jingle Bells" melody:
Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg;
The Batmobile lost a wheel,
And the Joker got away!

"Christmas at Ground Zero" ("Weird Al" Yankovic), "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (John Denver and the Muppets), "River" (Joni Mitchell), - these songs all close with variations of the "Jingle Bells" chorus.
"Rusty Chevrolet", a novelty song by Michigan musical comedy group Da Yoopers, uses the melody of "Jingle Bells". The song, originally in their 1987 album Culture Shock, can also be found in their 1949 compilation For Deihards Only. The group performs "Rusty Chevrolet" year-round in concert, despite it being a Christmas song.
In The Brian Setzer Orchestra's version, the first occurrence of "one-horse open sleigh" in the chorus is changed to "'57 Chevrolet."
Mike McCready of American rock band Pearl Jam recorded a version of "Jingle Bells" for the band's 2007 Christmas Single. This version just features the chorus melody, with McGready doing Chuck Berry-esque fills in between.

Bob Dylan Christmas Album 2009 Christmas in The Heart
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[joolsscott]

i am a boy ;)

[3driba]

Merry Christmas! :)

[sirkriskringle]

Coool :D

SKK.

[jsidwat]

It looks to me like 2 people are playing. One sleeve has lace, the other is plain. Is that 2 people?

[deinemutta4]

Nice Colthes where can i get them?

[kindnet6211]

lol are you like 12 years old? cuz u play so damn good

[UsernameColonBlank]

Amazing. It sounds so fun!

Is it an original composition? Do you know where I can buy the sheet music?

You played brilliantly!

:D

[An0niempje]

but he in turn replied to firexsound, who couldn't see the difference only by the hands.

[TomoeKikyo]

no no no i mean how old is he that says he is a boy =P is he 12?

nothing wrong about it, he plays lovely ;)

[yanasunku]

pretty cool (Y)

[rainieshane]

Merry Christmas from Malaysia!

[Radim88]

Can you send me notes of this ??

[An0niempje]

Very well played. Pitty that there is so much background noise.