「Jingle bells」 LYRICS
歌：クリスマスソング
作詞：James Lord Pierpont
作曲：PIERPONT JAMES
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O 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 ran into a drifted bank
And there we got upsot
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O 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 at me as I there lay
But quickly drove away
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O 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 along
and sing this sleighing song
Just bet a bobtailed bay
Two-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack!
You'll take the lead
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
「ジングルベル」について
「ジングルベル」の歌詞について
宮沢章二による「ジングルベル」の日本語歌詞には特に難しい言葉は使われていませんが、比喩的な表現が多いので幼児・小児には言葉による理解は難しいかもしれません。英語の原曲歌詞には、そりを引く馬や、少女、紳士などが具体的に表現されていますが、日本語歌詞では「そり」に関する具体的な描写はなく、そりが走る冬の情景の表現に重点が置かれています。
「ジングルベル」の曲について
ヘ長調、4/4（4分の4拍子）、テンポは♩＝100～120程度で歌われることが多いようです。
ヘ長調の時の歌い出しの音はド（C4＝一点ハ）で音域は、ド～レ（オクターブ上）、C4～D5（一点ハ～二点ニ）の１オクターブ＋2度。
