"Jingle Jingle Jingle"
unknown, Cmaj, .
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History
Written by Johnny Marks[1909-1985]. Here's the entry for him from the IMDB;
You may not know his name, at least not right away, but you've surely
heard at least one of Johnny Marks's songs at Christmastime. The
brother-in-law of Robert L. May, who wrote the original story
of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," it was he who set the story
to music. After failing to sell the song to, among others, Bing Crosby,
Marks eventually found a enthusiastic listener in the person of
singing cowboy Gene Autry. Autry's Columbia recording of the song,
in 1947, became the biggest hit of his career and made both men (and
May, who owned the rights to the original story) very wealthy.
Forming his own publishing company, St. Nicholas Music, shortly
thereafter, Marks began turning out a series of Yuletide classics
that have come to be beloved by many: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (a
beautiful setting of the Longfellow poem), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,"
"Run, Rudolph, Run," "A-Caroling We Go," "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas,"
and "Silver and Gold." The latter two were introduced in the classic 1964
TV special "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," for which Marks provided the
score. He also wrote one non-Christmas song that's become a favorite, as
well, "Anyone Can Move a Mountain."
Jingle, jingle, jingle You will hear my sleigh bells ring I am old Kris Kringle I'm the King of Jingling Jingle, jingle, reindeer Through the frosty air they go They are not just plain deer They're the fastest deer I know (Ho! Ho!) You must believe that on Christmas Eve I won't pass you by I'll dash away in my magic sleigh Flying through the sky Jingle, jingle, jingle You will hear my sleigh bells ring I am old Kris Kringle I'm the King of Jingling (Ho! Ho!)