Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
The bells on bob tails ring
They make spirits bright
What fun it is to ride 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
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
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, Oh!

Now the ground is white
So go it while you're young
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song
Just get a bob-tail nag
Two-forty for his speed
Then hitch him to an open sleigh
And, crack!, you'll take the lead

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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* the word "upsot" is old-fashioned or dialectal, in modern English it is "upset", so "we got upsot" means "we were tipped over.

Esta canción es el villancico norteamericano más famoso que hay. Mejor no lo traducimos porque traducido queda fatal. Como muestra, traduciremos el estribillo:

Suenan los cascabeles, suenan los cascabeles
suenan por todo el camino
Oh, qué divertido es montar
en un trineo abierto tirado por un solo caballo.