One Horse Open Sleigh（ジングルベル原曲）
♫ Dashing thro’ the snow ♪
1857年にアメリカ、ボストン生まれのジェームズ・ロード・ピアポントが作詞作曲した歌とされています。
当時、教会のオルガン奏者だった彼が感謝祭のために作った歌で、題名は「One Horse Open Sleigh（馬１頭が引く屋根のないそり）」でした。
その後アメリカ中にひろがり、タイトルも「ジングルベル」となってクリスマスには欠かせない歌となりました。
One Horse Open Sleigh James Pierpont
Dashing thro’ the snow，in a one-horse open sleigh，
O’er the hills we go，laughing all the way.
Bells on bobtail ring，making spirits bright，
Oh what sport to ride and sing, a sleighing song tonight.
☆(Chorus)
Jingle bells，jingle bells，jingle all the way;
Oh! What joy it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells，jingle bells，jingle all the way
Oh! what joy it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.
☆(Chorus)
A day or two ago，I tho't I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fannie Bright，was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank Mis fortune seem'd his lot.
He got into a drifted bank and we we got up sot.
☆(Chorus)～☆(Chorus)
A day or two ago，the story I must tell.
Iwent out in the snow，and on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by，in a one horse open sleigh
He laught as there I sprawling lie, But quickly drove away.
☆(Chorus)～☆(Chorus)
Now the ground is white，go in while you're young,
Take the girls to night，and sing this sleiging song;
Just get a bob-tailed bay，two forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack, you'll take the lead.
☆(Chorus)～☆(Chorus)
