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Jingle Bells

(James Pierpoint)


Originally recorded by Will Lyle in 1889


Home recordings - November 1959 - Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim - Germany


OPA5 8205 (Nr 1)
August 1984 LP RCA CPM6 5172-2 A Golden Celebration
September 12, 2000 CD RCA BMG 07863-67991-2 Peace In The Valley - The Complete Gospel Recordings (3 CD)
Outtakes:
Brief piano excerpt of "Jingle Bells" - Alternate take: March 3, 1999 CD RCA 67676-2 The Home Recordings

(Nr 2)
February 22, 2010 CD book MRS30065859 Off Duty With Private Presley


Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Oh, 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
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot

Oh, 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 yeah

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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There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
          c            am          f        g
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
         c          c7
If I can dream of a better land
      f                    f7
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
        c       am      f             em          dm        g
Tell me why, oh why, oh why, can't my dream come true? (oh why)
There must be peace and understanding sometime,
Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear,
If I can dream of a warmer sun,
Where hope keeps shining everyone
        c        am      f             em   dm  c     c7
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun ap---pear?
f               f7    c             c7
We're lost in a cloud with too much rain,
f                  f7    c                    c7
We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain,
f                f7           c           am
But as long as a man has the strength to dream
        f                  g              a
He can redeem his soul and fly,  (he can fly)
            d               bm       g         a
Deep in my heart there's a tremblin question,
            d             bm                       g        a
Still I am sure that the answer, answer's going to come somehow,
                  d    d7                 g          ab7      
Out there in the dark there's a beckoning candle, o yeah,
                  d                bm
And while I can think, while I can talk,
              d                bm
While I can stand, while I can walk,
             g
While I can dream
                  em
Oh please let my dream
      a
Come true
       d   bm                d               bm
Right now, let it come true now!
   d             g             d
O yeah!