Jingle Bells- Free Sheet Music and Lyrics

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Category: Free Christmas and Sacred Sheet Music

Written by Chad Criswell

This document contains the free sheet music and lyrics to the traditional Christmas carol , Jingle Bells.  Parts are provided for voice, flute, clarinet, trumpet, saxophones, trumpet, trombone, french horn, tuba, percussion, and bells.  A full score is also available.  The sheet music provided contains the melody only.  It is arranged for beginning band students and should be playable by anyone with at least a modest understanding of their instrument. 

Jingle Bells was written by James Lord Pierpont in or around 1857.  The original title for the song was "One Horse Open Sleigh." 

Individual parts and the lyrics to the song are available for download farther down on the page.

Jingle Bells

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1	Jingle Bells Voice (Details) (View)	17.88 kB	4280 times
2	Jingle Bells Voice (Details) (View)	8.71 kB	13122 times
3	Jingle Bells Tuba (Details) (View)	17.86 kB	930 times
4	Jingle Bells Tuba (Details) (View)	8.19 kB	2189 times
5	Jingle Bells Trumpet (Details) (View)	17.88 kB	2330 times
6	Jingle Bells Trumpet (Details) (View)	9.27 kB	6926 times
7	Jingle Bells Trombone (Details) (View)	17.85 kB	1975 times
8	Jingle Bells Trombone (Details) (View)	7.92 kB	5652 times
9	Jingle Bells Tenor Saxophone (Details) (View)	17.85 kB	1054 times
10	Jingle Bells Tenor Saxophone (Details) (View)	7.87 kB	2645 times
11	Jingle Bells Percussion (Details) (View)	17.78 kB	1081 times
12	Jingle Bells Percussion (Details) (View)	8.02 kB	2820 times
13	Jingle Bells Horn In F (Details) (View)	17.85 kB	854 times
14	Jingle Bells Horn In F (Details) (View)	7.96 kB	2030 times
15	Jingle Bells Full Score (Details) (View)	19.56 kB	14394 times
16	Jingle Bells Full Score (Details) (View)	24.32 kB	4454 times
17	Jingle Bells Flute (Details) (View)	17.85 kB	3451 times
18	Jingle Bells Flute (Details) (View)	8.01 kB	11136 times
19	Jingle Bells Clarinet (Details) (View)	17.88 kB	2046 times
20	Jingle Bells Clarinet (Details) (View)	9.27 kB	6109 times
21	Jingle Bells Bells (Details) (View)	17.87 kB	1122 times
22	Jingle Bells Bells (Details) (View)	8.08 kB	3302 times
23	Jingle Bells Alto Saxophone (Details) (View)	17.86 kB	1927 times
24	Jingle Bells Alto Saxophone (Details) (View)	8.05 kB	6400 times

The lyrics (words) to Jingle Bells:

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 laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight

CHORUS:
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun [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 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 we got upset.

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.

Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls along
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.

About The Author

Author:Chad Criswell

Chad Criswell is a career music educator working in the Iowa public schools.  His articles have appeared in dozens of publications both online and in print.  He currently serves as the national music technology writer for NAfME's Teaching Music Magazine and has presented sessions at numerous music education conferences including the 2012 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic.

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