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Just Hear Those Sleigh Bells Jingle-Ing, Ring-Ting Tingle-Ing, Too We're Riding Sleigh Ride Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring-ting tingle-ing, too Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "yoo hoo" (Echo - Yoo Hoo) Corne on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you Giddy-yap giddy-yap giddy-yap Iet's go Let's look at the snow We're riding in a wonderland of snow Giddy-yap giddy-yap giddy-yap it's grand Just holding your hand We're gliding along with the song Of a wintry fairy land Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we We're snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be Let's take that road before us and sing a chorus or two Come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day We'll be singing the songs we love to sing without a single stop At the fireplace while we watch the chestnuts pop Pop! Pop! Pop! There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy When they pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives These wonderful things are the things We remember all through our lives These wonderful things are the things We remember all through our lives Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring-ting tingle-ing, too Come on, it's iovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "yoo hoo" Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you----- (Say) - Sleigh Ride! Í $N@w DAY I cet up. I can't believe my eyeballs' O"utside, ev'rything is white. Inside, I hear it on the radio. 'We're gonna have a snowball fight' 'Cause it's a Snow dav! Piaving in the white stuff. Snow daít Sleddiñg down a hill. Snow dav! Working on a snowman. Snow dayl think Itll name him Phil. mom says I gotta mY coat on. Mv Put ll She savs I could catch a cold. I thinË I'm bundled up a little tight. I feel just like an Eskimo. 'Cause it's a "/ Snow day! Plavine in the white stuff. Snow day I Sleddiág down a hill. Snow day ! Working on a snowman. Snow day I Think I'll name him Phil... guitar solo The dayt done. I walk back home all frozen. Cold hands; my mittens are wet. Cold feet; I lost a boot back in the snow. But I would do it all again. It was a / Snow davl Plavine in the white sruff. Snow aai'l Steåaiág down a hill. Snow davl Working on a snowman. Snow dayl Think Itllname him Phil... Snow day! Playing in the white stuff Snow day I Sledding down a hill. Snow day ! Working on a snowman. Snow day I Think Itll name him Phil a yeIL a Snow! , O 1995 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. ' All Rights Reservecl Jingle Bells (chorus) Dashing through the snow Jingle bells, jingle bells, In a one-horse open sleigh Jingle all the way. O'er the fields we go Oh! what fun it is to ride Laughing all the way In a one-horse open sleigh. Bells on bobtail ring iingle bells, jingle bells, Making spirits bright Jingle all the way; What fun it is to ride and sing Oh! what fun it is to ride A sleighing song tonight! In a one-horse open sleigh. lilinfer tun stnlæn: ¡.ll rightt All ríghtl It snowed all night. The ground is frozen winter white. Canlt wait, can't wait to go outside. Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! /t sing: We're gonna build a snowman, snowman (yell: ten feet talll) 'We're gonna build a snowman and have some winter fun. { We're gonna find a big hill, big hill (yell: and sled right down!) We're gonna find a big hill and have some winter fun. ooo o Grab your hat, coar and boots. Find your scarf. Mittens, too. Da oo We'll make a pile of snowballs, snowballs, (yeli: you betrer watch out!) oo Ço ìYe'[ make a pile of snowballs and have some winter fun. We're gonna have hot choc'late, choc'late Q¿ (yell: with big marshmallows!) We're gonna have hot choc'late and have some winter fun. Grab your hat, coat and boors. Find your scarf. Mittens, roo. sþolæn: All righrl All right! It snowed all night. The ground is frozen winter whire. ôÕ Can't wait, can't wait to go outside. oo Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! 06 srng: Ç6 \ü/e're gonna build a snowman, snowrnan (yeil: ten feec tall!) qD \7e're gonna build a snowman and have some winter fun. ao Have some winter fun! (spoken: Yeah!) I I-'KE MY FEEr' David t' Vorume 20, Nurnber r Htt¿ ?',iruiii;LjÌi,ü,i,#lÌ.:".'T.u*i'åïll,-rY.:ï:f .
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