X:1201
T: Jingle, Bells
C: music: J.Pierpont
C: words: J.P.
Q: "Quickly"
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B: "The Golden Book of Favorite Songs", 1923
S: https://ia802507.us.archive.org/33/items/goldenbookoffavo00beat_0/goldenbookoffavo00beat_0.pdf
Z: 2020 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/GoldenBookOfFavoriteSongs/1201-Jingle_Bells-v1.abc	 2025-01-19 123146 UT
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w: 1.~ Dash-ing thro' the snow In a one horse o-pen sleigh, _
w: 2.~A day or two a-go        I* thought I'd take a ride, And
w: 3.~ Now the ground is white,** Go it while you're young, _
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w: O'er the fields we go,*  Laugh-ing all the way;**
w: soon Miss Fan-nie Bright Was seat-ed by my side;* The
w: Take the girls to-night, And sing this sleigh-ing song;* Just
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w: Bells on bob-tail ring,* Mak-ing spir-its bright, What
w: horse was lean and lank, Mis-for-tune seem'd his lot, He
w: get a bob-tailed nag,    Two-for-ty for his speed, Then
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w: fun it is to ride and sing     A sleigh-ing song to-night!
w: got in-to a drift-ed bank,     And we, we got up-sot.
w: hitch him to an o-pen sleight, And crack! you'll take the lead.
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"^CHORUS (Accompanied by jingling glasses)"y
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w: Jin-gle, bells! jin-gle, bells! Jin-gle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride
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w: In a one-horse o-pen sleigh!* In a one-horse o-pen sleigh!
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