Sleigh Ride
Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring-ting-tingle-ing too
Come on, it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling “you-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 wintery fairy land
Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we
We’ve snuggled close 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 of a perfect day
We’ll be singing the songs we love to sing without a single stop
At the fireplace where we’ll watch the chestnuts pop
Pop, pop, pop
There’s a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy
When they pass around the coffee 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
These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives
Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring-ting-tingle-ing too
Come on, it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling “you-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 wintery fairy land
Nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we
We’ve snuggled close 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
Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with
Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with
Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with
Hør sangen
Hør sangen
Om julesangen Sleigh Ride
Leroy Anderson komponerede “Sleigh Ride” som et orkesterstykke, og Mitchell Parish skrev senere den kendte tekst. Johnny Mathis er en af de sangere, der har indspillet den, men han skabte ikke melodien. Sangens lyd er formet, så lytteren næsten kan høre kaneturen.
Bjældeklang, rytme og vinterbilleder giver fornemmelsen af fart gennem sneen. Med teksten bliver turen også en oplevelse, man deler med andre. Den handler først og fremmest om årstiden og glæden ved at være sammen, ikke om en bestemt juleaften.
Alligevel høres den ofte i december, hvor kane og sne passer til de billeder, mange forbinder med jul. Den fungerer både som instrumental festmusik og som en sang, man kan synge med på i en vokalindspilning. Orkesterversionen viser, at sangens vinterbillede også virker uden ord, mens vokalversionerne giver turen en tydeligere fortælling om selskab og fælles glæde. Det samme stykke kan dermed fungere både ved en koncert og på en juleplayliste hjemme i stuen.
