Charles Henebry. At 19 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts, a plaque commemorates the spot where James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) supposedly wrote the popular holiday song, inspired by sleigh races on Salem Street, while sitting in a tavern in 1850.

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As I tell my students the truth is almost always more complex and ideologically inconvenient than the myths we cherish. "Jingle Bells" was written by Medford [Massachusetts] resident James Pierpont in 1850, inspired by the annual one-horse open-sleigh races on Salem and Pleasant Streets between Medford Square and Malden Square.

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James was the son of Reverend John Pierpont (1785-1866), long-time pastor of the Hollis Street Church in Boston, and later pastor of the Unitarian Church in Troy, New York and then the First Parish Church in Medford, Massachusetts.… 69. Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way; Oh! “That professor is an idiot. Pierpoint most likely wrote the lyrics in Medford, Massachusetts in 1850 although there is some debate around both the when and the where. SHARES.

Pierpont was from New England and a devoted organist, whose original intention behind penning the piece was for Thanksgiving, at a church program in Savannah, Georgia. Written in the 1850's by James Lord Pierpont, an uncle of the famously wealthy financier John Pierpont Morgan it pays homage to the youthful fun of the then popular winter sleigh races. what joy it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh. It Wasn’t Originally Called “Jingle Bells”: When it was first published in the early 1850s, Jingle Bells went under the infinitely less catchy title of One Horse Open Sleigh .
Regarded currently as a fun and laughter crammed Christmas song and it is popular as the subject matter of parody. Pierpont penned the racy little ditty in Simpson's Tavern, a boardinghouse that had only one piano in town. December 8, 2016 at 8:52 am This was a great bit of gritty historical research. The Feast Of Saturnalia A Roman Slave S Carol. “Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh !

Written in the 1850's by James Lord Pierpont, an uncle of the famously wealthy financier John Pierpont Morgan it pays homage to the youthful fun of the then popular winter sleigh races. [repeat all four lines] After he wrote the song Pierpont paid little attention to it until the Salem Evening News printed a story about it in 1864.

“Jingle Bells” didn’t become a Christmas standard until decades after it was first performed on Washington Street. Medford in Massachusetts was extremely well known in the 19th century for its sleigh races and strongly claims itself as the tune’s birthplace.


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