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| VOCALESE LYRICS FROM THE JAZZ SPECTRUM RECORDING |
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| JINGLE BELLS |
| TRUMPETS: |
| Jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way, |
| SAXES: |
| Hear those jingle bells play. |
| TRUMPETS: |
| and oh what fun to have, a one horse open sleigh, hey! |
| SAXES: |
| Ride on a one horse open sleigh. |
| TRUMPETS: |
| Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, |
| SAXES: |
| Hear those jingle bells say, "Wow! It gets pretty cold a ridin; in a sleigh." |
| TRUMPETS: |
| and oh how cold it gets....a ridin' in a sleigh! |
| ENSEMBLE: |
| Jingle bells, keep a ringin' those bells an' singin' "Jingle" Basie style. |
| and oh, what a swingin' joy, we'll be huggin' all the while. |
| Stop, drivin' so fast, make a slight delay |
| Life can be so awfully cool in a one horse open sleigh. |
| SAXES: |
| Dashing through the snow, a fancy open sleigh |
| over fields we go, laughing all the way. |
| TRUMPETS: |
| (one bar instrumental) |
| SAXES: |
| You hear a ting-a-ling-ling. |
| TRUMPETS: |
| (one bar instrumental) |
| The atmosphere is always bright. It's fun to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight. Bop bow! |
| SAXES: |
| INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS - 32 BARS |
| ENSEMBLE: |
| Ridin', dig the sleigh, all the way, get hip! Listen for jingle. |
| Like to be glidin' on the snow, way to go. I flip! It can't get better than this! |
| Get lazy, crazy in a dashin', crashing one horse open sleigh! Yeah! |
| "IT'S CHIRSTMAS" |
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| I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS |
| SECOND CHORUS LYRICS |
| ENSEMBLE: |
| I know they didn't see me creep down the stair to have a peep. |
| I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, underneath the mistletoe last night. |
| They thought that I was tucked up in my bedroom fast asleep. |
| Then I saw terrible things from Santie Claus, even Mommy thought that he was being bold. |
| Ol' Santa is a lucky man, where was Daddy when this began? Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night... |
| It ain't right, Mommy holding Santa Claus so tight. |
| We caught Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night! |
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| Music and lyrics by James Pierpont. Additional vocalese lyrics by Bob Zaun, copyright 2001 |