Jingle Bells is a very popular winter song, originally written in September 9th, 1857 as a Thanksgiving song by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh".
Games
Special Delivery: Santa's Christmas Chaos (A8)
Special Delivery: Santa's Christmas Chaos (C64)
Jingle Bells is the only song in the game, and just the chorus is repeated.
Merry Christmas from Melbourne House (C64)
Jingle Bells plays on 3 triangle waves. The bass plays half as fast as the other tracks.
Creative Music System (DOS)
Jingle Bells is located on Song Disk 2 as Jingle.cms and on the Utility Disk as JBell.cms. The file's metadata names the song "Jingle Bell [sic]" and credits Sim Wong Hoo as the arranger. Though the two files sound identical, they have different file sizes. The tune is played on two SAA1099 chips.
Santa Claus no Takarabako (FDS)
X-Mas Ludo (ZXS)
Santa's Xmas Caper (C64)
A-Train (DOS)
Internal file names are jingle.mid and jingle.sng.
Xmas Lemmings (DOS)
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (W32)
In this game the song exists in two versions - calmer and a "battle" one, more rock-themed. Both appear as a background music of Land of the Damned level. Interestingly, the battle theme has built-in sound effects of the main hero, Serious Sam, battling with his enemies.
The Polar Express (GC)
The Polar Express (PS2)
The Polar Express (W32)
Undertale (W32)
This tune, named "Ghouliday", plays in this game, made solely of "ghost" instrument and deliberately slightly out of tune and tempo.
Deltarune: Chapter 2 (W64)
In the second Deltarune chapter, this song appears as an easter egg - once you talk with the DJ Trio with Noelle Holiday (an anthropomorphic dear) in your party, their switch their theme Sound Studio to this song, rendered in their style. It's called "Holiday Studio" in the game's OST.
Sheet Music
Lyrics
Most people are only familiar with the first verse and the chorus of Jingle Bells, however, the song actually has three other rarely heard verses. Also, the traditional lyrics from 1857 have noticeable differences from the first verse and chorus of the modern lyrics.
Modern 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 sing
A sleighing song tonight!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! 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 then we got upsot.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bobtailed?bay
Two forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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Traditional Lyrics
Dashing through 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.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy 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 Fannie Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And we - we got upsot
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song
Just get a bobtailed bay
Two forty is his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! You'll take the lead.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
O what joy it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
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