One Horse Open Sleigh (Jingle Bells)

This is an old Christmas favorite. I'm performing the original tune written by James Lord Pierpont in the mid-19th century. The melody is a bit different from the one we usually hear. Merry Christmas!

Here's one more Christmas tune. This one will be very familiar to most people since Jingle Bells is perhaps the most performed secular Christmas tune (although it was apparently first intended as a Thanksgiving song). I arranged this version for voice and ukulele from James Lord Pierpont's 1857 publication, which you can view via the Library of Congress. The melody is a bit different from the one usually heard, and the chord progression is a little more interesting. Merry Christmas!