Ecole des 3 Merlettes

Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way ;
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight

(Refrain)
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way !
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way !
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open 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 we got upsot

(au Refrain)

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

(au Refrain)

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-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack ! you’ll take the lead