{"id":8128,"date":"2016-12-01T06:36:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T10:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=8128"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:05:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:05:18","slug":"one-horse-open-sleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=8128","title":{"rendered":"One Horse Open Sleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/One_Horse_Open_Sleigh.jpg\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/One_Horse_Open_Sleigh.mp3\"> One Horse Open Sleigh &#8211; Click To Play<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\nInspired by the sleigh races in Medford Massachusetts during the mid 19th century, James Pierpont penned this song at 19 High Street in the center of Medford Square at what was then the Simpson Tavern. It has since become a popular Christmas song.<\/p>\n<p>My wife Camilla and I have added new lyrics to reflect what it&#8217;s like to celebrate Christmas in Florida. Note the &#8220;Miami Vice&#8221; TV show was on the air (in the 1980s) when we came up with the new words. It&#8217;s in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cozitv.com\/shows\/weekday\/Miami-Vice-294665891.html\">reruns<\/a> now but there is still plenty of vice in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas 2016!<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n<p>[G] Dashing through the snow<br \/>\nIn a one-horse open [C] sleigh<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the fields we [D] go<br \/>\nLaughing all the [G] way<\/p>\n<p>[G] Bells on bobtail ring<br \/>\nMaking spirits [C] bright<br \/>\nOh what fun to [D] ride and sing<br \/>\nA sleighing song [G] tonight!<\/p>\n<p>[G] Jingle bells, [Bm] jingle bells,<br \/>\n[Em] Jangle all the [G] way.<br \/>\n[C] Oh! what fun [G] it is to ride<br \/>\n[Am] In a one-horse open [D] sleigh.<\/p>\n<p>[G] Jingle bells, [Bm] jingle bells,<br \/>\n[Em] Jangle all the [G] way.<br \/>\n[C] Oh! what fun [G] it is to ride<br \/>\n[D] In a one-horse open [G] sleigh.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK<\/p>\n<p>Oh Miami Vice, Disney\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;s nice<br \/>\nAlligators all the way<br \/>\nOh what fun it is to ride<br \/>\nOn a fishing boat today<\/p>\n<p>Oh Astronauts, swamp land lots<br \/>\nBig bugs all the way<br \/>\nOh what fun it is to ride<br \/>\nOn a racing sloop today<\/p>\n<p>Here we are in Florida<br \/>\nWithout a hope of snow<br \/>\nUnder swaying palms<br \/>\nHurricanes sure to blow<\/p>\n<p>But Santa Clause will know<br \/>\nHow Florida will agree<br \/>\nInstead of coming from the North<br \/>\nHe\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;ll come from the Florida Keys<\/p>\n<p>Oh Miami Vice, Disney&#8217;s nice<br \/>\nAlligators all the way<br \/>\nOh what fun it is to ride<br \/>\nOn a fishing boat today<\/p>\n<p>Oh Astronauts, swamp land lots<br \/>\nBig bugs all the way<br \/>\nOh what fun it is to ride<br \/>\nOn a racing sloop today X2<\/p>\n<p>(c) McGuinn Music \/ April First Music 2016<br \/>\nNew Lyrics By Roger McGuinn\/Camilla McGuinn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: One Horse Open Sleigh &#8211; Click To Play Inspired by the sleigh races in Medford Massachusetts during the mid 19th century, James Pierpont penned this song at 19 High Street in the center of Medford Square at what was then the Simpson Tavern. It has since become a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=8128\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One Horse Open Sleigh&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seasonal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8128"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8916,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8128\/revisions\/8916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}