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“Jingle Bells” is among the most popular kids Christmas songs around the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont, its original title was “One Horse Open Sleigh” and it was published under it in the autumn of 1857.
This rhyme was originally not related to Christmas, and it was intended for the Thanksgiving season. However, it became associated with Christmas music and the holiday season in general decades after it was first performed on Washington Street in Boston in 1857.
James Lord Pierpont’s composition became one of the most performed and most recognizable secular holiday songs ever written, not only in the United States, but around the world.
Table of Contents
- Jingle Bells Videos with lyrics
- Jingle Bells Karaoke (Free mp3 download)
- Jingle Bells Song
- Sheet music with chords in C
- Free Printable PDF with Sheet Music and Lyrics
- Versions in other languages
Jingle Bells Videos with lyrics
Sing-Along Video with lyrics
Karaoke Video with lyrics
Lyrics
1. Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Oh, 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
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot
Oh, 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 yeah
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.
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
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.
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
*: often skipped
Jingle Bells Karaoke
(Free mp3 download)
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“Jingle Bells” free mp3 download (instrumental – 2:42, time signature: 4/4- 103 bpm)
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Jingle Bells Song
This is the song with vocals, which you can also license for commercial use.
Commercial License for Jingle Bells (song)
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Sheet music with chords in C
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Free Printable PDF with Sheet Music and Lyrics
To download a printable PDF of this song for music activities with sheet music, lyrics and a drawing for kids to paint, click on the button above or on the following link.
Jingle Bells | Free PDF download – Singing Bell
Click on the button to watch a piano tutorial video and download a PDF file with music score of this song for free.
Versions in other languages
- Bulgarian: Джингъл Белс
- Chinese: 铃儿响叮当
- Croatian: Zvončići
- Finnish: Kulkuset
- French: Vive le vent
- German: Ein kleiner weißer Schneemann
- Greek: Τρίγωνα κάλαντα
- Japanese: ジングルベル
- Korean: 징글 벨
- Malaysian: ജിങ്കിൾ ബെൽസ്
- Norwegian: Bjelleklang
- Spanish: Cascabel
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Marvelous collection! keep it up singing bell!
Thank you! We keep going!
This is beautiful! I am a school librarian, and I would love to use this to create a compilation video of various teachers, administrators, and students in our school singing Jingle Bells for the holidays on our school website. Can I use the mp3 download for this purpose? I would include credit to your site in the video. Thanks!
Sure, Brittney! Thanks for asking and thank you for any credit in advance.
Thank you so much! I will also put it into our school Christmas card via QR code, and your site is credited in the video as well. Thank you, again, and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Hi Singing Bell
We came along this music and we’d like to ask for your permission to use it for our company’s animated Christmas card (non commercial). In case we upload it on youtube or vimeo we would of course add your credit into the description.
Best,
Kyra & Constantin
Ok, guys, permission granted for in-house use and Vimeo.
YouTube is a different thing, though, because copyrighted material might be automatically recognized immediately or in the future. Thanks in advance for any credit, of course.
Great! Thanks a lot!!
You can find the finished video here:
https://vimeo.com/196298077
Thanks again for the permission!
K&C
Thanks u so mush.
Merry Christmas