Jingle Bells at Scarborough Fair
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NEONVOT official site | https://neonvot.gemki.org The lyrics of “Jingle Bells” are largely an innocent celebration of winter leisure, but the second verse briefly reveals 19th-century gender norms.In “Take the girls tonight,” agency is implicitly male, while women are positioned as companions. This reflects a normalized pattern of male mobility and female accompaniment in mid-19th-century popular songs.
[// Vocal A/B/C represent three female vocalists with distinct tones. Each section shifts to a different vocalist.] [Intro] [Fade In]
[Soft sleigh bells and piano building into rhythm] [Verse 1]
[// Vocal A]Dashing through the snow,
[// Vocal B]In a one-horse open sleigh.
[// Vocal C]O'er the fields we go,
[// Vocal A]Laughing all the way.
[// Vocal B]Bells on bobtails ring,
[// Vocal C]Making spirits bright.
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]What fun it is to ride and sing,
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]A sleighing song tonight, oh! [Chorus]
[// Vocal A]Jingle bells, jingle bells,
[// Vocal B]Jingle all the way.
[// Vocal C]Oh, what fun it is to ride,
[// Vocal A]In a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
[// Vocal B]Jingle bells, jingle bells,
[// Vocal C]Jingle all the way.
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]WOh, what fun it is to ride,
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]WIn a one-horse open sleigh. [Instrumental Solo]
[Cheerful brass section, piano, and jingling sleigh bells] [Verse 2]
[// Vocal A]Now the ground is white,
[// Vocal B]Go it while you're young.
[// Vocal C]Take the girls tonight,
[// Vocal A]Sing this sleighing song.
[// Vocal B]Get a bobtailed bay,
[// Vocal C]Two forty for his speed.
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]And hitch him to an open sleigh,
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]And you will take the lead! [Chorus with Drop]
[// Vocal A]Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells,
[// Vocal B]Jingle all the way.
[// Vocal C]Oh, what fun it is to ride,
[// Vocal A]In a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
[// Vocal B]Jingle bells, jingle bells,
[// Vocal C]Jingle all the way.
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]Oh, what fun it is to ride,
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]n a one-horse open sleigh! [Outro]
[Choir harmonies fading with sleigh bells]
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]Oh, what fun it is to ride,
[// Vocal A,B&C-all]In a one-horse open sleigh!
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