Sleigh Ride

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Jon Hendricks

Jon Hendricks (born September 16, 1921) is an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is considered one of the originators of vocalese, which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments with vocalists (such as the big-band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie). Furthermore, he is considered one of the best practitioners of scat singing, which involves vocal jazz soloing. For his work as a lyricist, jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather called him the "Poet Laureate of Jazz" while Time dubbed him the "James Joyce of Jive." Al Jarreau has called him "pound-for-pound the best jazz singer on the planet—maybe that's ever been". more »

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1990

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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-yap giddy-yap giddy-yap 
let's go 
Let's look at the snow 
We're riding in a wonderland of snow 

Giddy-yap giddy-yap giddy-yap it's grand 
Just holding your hand 
We're gliding along with the song 
Of a wintry fairy land 

Our cheeks are nice and rosy 
And comfy cozy are we 
We're snuggled up together like two 
Birds of a feather would be 

Let's take the 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 while we 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

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