"Jingle Bells", originally "One Horse Open Sleigh", is one of the best known and commonly sung, secular Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893). Various stories of the song's origins give the place of composition as Savannah, Georgia, Boston or Medford, Massachusetts. An oft-repeated story is that he wrote it to be sung at a Thanksgiving program at his church in Savannah or Boston, but because of its instant popularity, it was sung again at the Christmas program. Music historian James Fuld notes that the "the word jingle in the title and opening phrase is apparently an imperative verb." This tone is in a Rockabilly style.
