I know that there are words (see below), but there is just something about the instrumental version (especially by some city's "pops") that makes this song fun. For my comrades in arms from the old Mighty Maroon Band from Skeeterland days, you will remember the year that none of the trumpeters in the Concert Band (second string) seemed to be up to the task of the "neigh" at the end, so Lela did the honors.
Concerning today's video of the Boston Pops: watch for the guy with the slapstick--he seems to be having fun. Also watch the director (John Williams), he seems to be having more than his share of fun with this number (and like most band/orchestra directors, he's 'pom-pomming' right along with the music, even to the last note). Hope you like "Sleigh Ride" as much as I do:
Sleigh Ride
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling
Ring ting tingling 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.'
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
Let's go, Let's look at the show,
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
It's grand, Just holding your hand,
We're gliding along with a 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 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 chocolate
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.