A controversial past. At the time, "Jingle Bells," written by James Lord Pierpont, was considered to be a festive standard. But it started out in 1857 as a song called "One Horse Open Sleigh Vive le Vent Lyrics and Translation . Below you can read the lyrics for the French Christmas carol Vive le vent. The English is a literal translation and, as you'll notice, it only has one reference to bells. Yet, it does celebrate all the joys of the holidays, including time with family, snowy days, and all the things that add to the festive fun. 4. 'Jingle Bells' wasn't the song's original name. When the holiday ditty was first printed by a Boston music publishing house in 1857, it was released under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh Jingle Bells Lyrics: Dashing through the snow / In a one-horse open sleigh / O'er the fields we go / Laughing all the way / Bells on bobtail ring / Making spirits bright / What fun it is to ride and In the frosty air What a bright time, it's the right time To rock the night away Jingle bell time is a swell time To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet Jingle around the clock Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet That's the jingle bell rock Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock 'Jingle Bells' by the Singing Dogs (1955) The original "Carol of the Bells" is based on the Ukrainian song for which English lyrics were written in 1934. The Mannheim Steamroller prog mKsfKNr.

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