A great white sheet in silence fell,
Followed by the tinkling of a bell.
How wide and white the snow-lit scene!
Wrapped in warm furs two lovers lean,
Bringing their beating hearts so near,
Responsive throbbings they might hear,
And the fond story that love tells,
But for the bells, sleigh bells, sleigh bells.
Sweet music comes from hill and dell,
A charm of sound from a sweet bell;