<P> Bell clang, bell clang, hear its dingelidong Snow flakes that twirl around in joyous winter song Follow us out, follow us out, Blackie trots on In his trails, our sleigh goes where tall pines stand We sit under our pelt and the snow whirls around us And it is not until the evening, that we will be going home Bell clang, bell clang, hear its dingelidong Snow flakes that twirl around in joyous winter song </P> <P> James Lord Pierpont's 1857 composition "Jingle Bells" became one of the most performed and most recognizable secular holiday songs ever written, not only in the United States, but around the world . In recognition of this achievement, James Lord Pierpont was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . </P> <P> "Jingle Bells" was first recorded by Will Lyle on October 30, 1889 on an Edison cylinder however no surviving copies are known . The earliest surviving recording was made by the Edison Male Quartette in 1898, also on an Edison cylinder as part of a Christmas medley entitled "Sleigh Ride Party ." In 1902, the Hayden Quartet recorded "Jingle Bells". The song became a Christmas favorite in the early twentieth century . </P> <P> In 1943, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters recorded "Jingle Bells" as Decca 23281 which reached No. 19 on the charts and sold over a million copies . In 1941, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, Ernie Caceres, and the Modernaires on vocals had a No. 5 hit with "Jingle Bells" on RCA Victor, as Bluebird 11353 . In 1935, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra reached No. 18 on the charts with their recording of "Jingle Bells ." In 1951, Les Paul had a No. 10 hit with a multi-tracked version on guitar . In 2006, Kimberley Locke had a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with a recording of the song . </P>

Dashing through the snow on a one horse open sleigh