In the song Jingle Bells what is the name of the horse?
Batman smells
Olive the other reindeer?
Horse not Reindeer!
Bob?
Are you asking or telling?
Yes Bob is correct
Bells on Bob’s Tail ring…
Lol well since its correct I’m telling. Bob
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Are you asking or telling?
Yes Bob is correct
Bells on Bob’s Tail ring…[/quote]
Is a Tail ring like a nipple ring?
umm … you are incorrect …
the horse is described as “bob tail” or “bob tailed.”
Which means it has a cropped tail.
I will delete you for ruining my good fun!
delete me if you’d like … and the playground will disappear faster than frosty … 
faster than frosty on a hot summer day. You gotta elaborate your threats Ted.
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delete me if you’d like … and the playground will disappear faster than frosty … :P[/quote]
But Santa will come by and open the door and it will all be back lickity-split.
I think it’s acctually “bells on bob tails ring” where there’s no “s” on bob so you tell if he has ownership of said tails.
Hmm maybe not a nipple ring but a little lower?
So Al what did I win?
Had to look it up:
“Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight”
Now the question stands - the lyrics indicate a “One Horse open sleigh” So there is only 1 horse, which can only have 1 tail. So, how accurate can the next line be “Bells on bob tails ring” indicating multiple tails, i.e. multiple horses?
Hmmmm…quite the conundrum we have here now isn’t it?
well al you started it…lol :-)lol
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tail ring [i](Or Hear our voices ring)[/i]
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing [i](Or What fun it is to ride and sing)[/i]
A sleighing song tonight
bells - plural
bob - not plural
tail - not plural
ring - not plural
Also show with alternate lyrics
Okay, so who is this Harold Angel?
And how big are Holly’s bows?
Incorrect
her·ald (hÄ›r’É™ld) Pronunciation Key
n.
- A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger.
- One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger: The crocus is a herald of spring.
- An official whose specialty is heraldry.
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- An official formerly charged with making royal proclamations and bearing messages of state between sovereigns.
- An official who formerly made proclamations and conveyed challenges at a tournament.
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It seems Ted may be right but most refer to “bob tail” as bobtail one word. the original score was written by James Pierpoint and refers to it as bob tailed bay.
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob taila[›] ring (Or Hear our voices ring)
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing (Or What fun it is to ride and sing)
A sleighing song tonight
(chorus)
|: Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh! what fun [joy] it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.:|
In the last verse, he picks up some girls, finds a faster horse, and takes off at full speed:
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bob tailed bay
Two fortyc[›] as [for] his speed
[and] Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.
|: chorus :|
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bob tailed bay
Seems it did refer to a shorten tail but a current version is slightly different
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight