Jingle Bells – English Lyrics
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
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!
Hey!
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 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
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh!
Hey!
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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Key Vocabulary
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dashing /ˈdæʃɪŋ/ B2 |
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snow /snoʊ/ A1 |
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sleight /slaɪ/ C2 |
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sleigh /sliː/ B1 |
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bells /bɛlz/ A2 |
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bright /braɪt/ B2 |
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fun /fʌn/ A1 |
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ride /raɪd/ A2 |
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song /sɔːŋ/ A1 |
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sing /sɪŋ/ A1 |
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funny /ˈfʌn.i/ B1 |
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ride /raɪd/ A2 |
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tonight /təˈnaɪt/ A1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Dashing through the snow
➔ Present participle for ongoing action
➔ Uses the **present participle** 'dashing' to show an ongoing action happening at the moment.
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In a one-horse open sleigh
➔ Prepositional phrase indicating the mode of transportation
➔ Uses a **prepositional phrase** 'In a one-horse open sleigh' to specify the context or means of travel.
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Laughing all the way
➔ Present participle phrase indicating an ongoing action
➔ Uses the **present participle** 'Laughing' to describe an ongoing, cheerful activity during the activity.
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Making spirits bright
➔ Present participle phrase showing cause or result
➔ Uses the **present participle** 'Making' to imply the act that results in the spirits being bright.
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What fun it is to ride and sing
➔ Exclamatory sentence using inversion for emphasis
➔ Uses an **exclamatory sentence** with inverted word order 'What fun it is to...' for emphasis and express excitement.
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And we, we got upsot.
➔ Simple past tense with a colloquial form 'upsot'
➔ Uses the **simple past tense** 'got' combined with colloquial 'upsot' to describe a completed action and colloquial expression for 'upset'.
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And we, we got upsot.
➔ Repetition for emphasis with colloquial past tense
➔ Employs **repetition** 'we, we' to emphasize the subject and colloquial past tense to convey a colloquial expression of being upset.
