Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Dashing through the snow
– E rere ana i roto i te hukarere
In a one-horse open sleigh
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari
O’er the fields we go
– I runga i nga mara ka haere tatou
Laughing all the way
– Te kata i te ara katoa
Bells on bobtails ring
– Ko ngā karaka i runga i te bobtails e tangi ana
Making spirits bright
– Te hanga i ngā wairua kia marama
What fun it is to ride and sing
– He aha te ngahau ki te eke me te waiata
A sleighing song tonight
– He waiata rere i tēnei pō
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Aue! Ngā karaka Jingle, ngā karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari, hei
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Ngā karaka Jingle, ngā karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari
A day or two ago
– He ra, e rua ranei i mua
I thought I’d take a ride
– I whakaaro ahau ka eke au
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
– A, i muri tata iho, E Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
– I noho ki toku taha
The horse was lean and lank
– He pakari he pakari hoki te hoiho
Misfortune seemed his lot
– I te āhua nei he nui te kino
He got into a drifted bank
– I uru ia ki tētahi pēke kua rere
And then we got upsot
– Na ka riri mātou
Hey, jingle bells, jingle bells
– Hei, karaka jingle, karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari, hei
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Ngā karaka Jingle, ngā karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari
A day or two ago
– He ra, e rua ranei i mua
The story I must tell
– Ko te kōrero me korero e ahau
I went out on the snow
– I haere ahau ki te hukarere
And on my back I fell
– A i runga i toku tuara hinga ahau
A gent was riding by
– He tangata e eke ana
In a one-horse open sleigh
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari
He laughed as there I sprawling lie
– Ka kata ia i reira ahau e takoto ana I te teka
But quickly drove away
– Engari i tere haere atu
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Ngā karaka Jingle, ngā karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari, hei
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Ngā karaka Jingle, ngā karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari
Now the ground is white
– Na he ma te whenua
Go it while you’re young
– Haere ki reira i a koe e tamariki ana
Take the girls tonight
– Tangohia nga kotiro i tenei po
And sing this sleighing song
– Ka waiata i tēnei waiata hīkoi
Just get a bobtailed bay
– Haere noa ki te whanga bobtailed
Two forty as his speed
– E rua tekau hei tere
Hitch him to an open sleigh
– Whakapirihia ia ki tētahi waka tuwhera
And crack, you’ll take the lead
– A kapiti, ka tango koe i te mata
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Ngā karaka Jingle, ngā karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari, hei
Jingle bells, jingle bells
– Ngā karaka Jingle, ngā karaka jingle
Jingle all the way
– Jingle te ara katoa
Oh, what fun it is to ride
– Aue, he aha te ngahau ki te eke
In a one-horse open sleigh
– I roto i te waka tuwhera kotahi-hari
