Lyrics to
Sleigh Ride

This version of Sleigh Ride was released by The Carpenters in 1978.

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Just hear those sleigh bells jingling
Ring-ting-tingling too
Come on it’s lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you

Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling yoo-hoo
Come on it’s lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you

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

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, let’s go
Let’s look at the snow
We’re riding in a wonderland of snow

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, it’s grand
Just holding your hand

Our cheeks are nice and rosy
And comfy cozy are we
We’re smuggled up together
Like birds of a feather would be

There’s a Christmas 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
As they pass around the coffee
And 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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About Lyrics and Sleigh Ride by The Carpenters

The lyrics for Sleigh Ride are defined as the words making up the song released by The Carpenters in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sleigh Ride have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Carpenters and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Sleigh Ride by The Carpenters if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Sleigh Ride" means the words set to the music of Sleigh Ride, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Sleigh Ride and the lyrics to Sleigh Ride are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sleigh Ride, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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