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"summary": "Jingle Bells, the iconic Christmas song by James Pierpont, bursts to life across its full original verses with sleigh rides, tumbles in the snow, and the irresistible pull of winter adventure. Beyond the famous chorus, a narrator courts Miss Fanny Bright, gets the sleigh stuck in a snowbank, and takes an undignified fall in front of a passing stranger. The mood is playful and full of mischief, capturing the reckless joy of a cold winter's night and the thrill of speed on an open sleigh.",
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"Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O’er the fields we go Laughing all the way. Bells on bob-tail 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, O 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 there we got upsot.",
"Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh, O 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, O 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 bob-tailed bay, Two-forty for his speed, Then hitch him to an open sleigh And crack! You’ll take the lead.",
"James Pierpont was an American composer and songwriter born in Boston in 1822, best remembered for writing what became one of the most recognised songs in the world. Originally published in 1857 under the title The One Horse Open Sleigh , the song was the first to be broadcast from space when astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford performed it aboard Gemini 6 in 1965."
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