jingle bells

     

"Jingle Bells", also known as "One Horse Open Sleigh", is one of the best known an commonly sung secular Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and copyrighted under the title 'One Horse Open Sleigh' on September 16, 1857. The song has been translated into many languages.

Trivia about jingle bells

  • This seasonal classic heard here always rings my chimes:
  • In 1857 this song, also called "The One Horse Open Sleigh", rang out for the first time
  • This "sleighing song" begins, "Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh..."
  • 1857 song that includes the line "Bells on bob-tail ring"
  • J. Pierpont Morgan's uncle James Pierpont wrote this song originally titled "The One Horse Open Sleigh"

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