Jingle Bells – The Australian Version of This Christmas Carol

2008 December 25

by Bill Hutchison

This is another Christmas Carol that has been adapted to have an Australian version of it. We had a lot of fun singing Aussie Jingles Bells as a family.

Aussie Jingle Bells

As you can hear, especially at the end, our son loves Aussie Jingle Bells, and gets really into it. We thought that he was going to overload the web-cam at some points …

Here are the words for The Australian Version of Jingle Bells, at least, it’s the version that we sing:

Jingle Bells – The Australian Version

Dashing through the bush
In a rusty Holden Ute
Kicking up the dust
Esky in the boot
Kelpie by my side
Singing Christmas songs
It’s summer time and I am in
My singlet, shorts & thongs

CHORUS:
OH, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
JINGLE ALL THE WAY
CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
ON A SCORCHING SUMMER’S DAY
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
CHRISTMAS TIME IS BEAUT
OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE
IN A RUSTY HOLDEN UTE

Engine’s getting hot
Dodge the kangaroos
Swaggy climbs aboard
He is welcome too
All the family is there
Sitting by the pool
Christmas day, the Aussie way
By the barbecue!

CHORUS

Come the afternoon
Grandpa has a doze
The kids and uncle Bruce
Are swimming in their clothes
The time comes round to go
We take a family snap
Then pack the car and all shoot through
Before the washing up

CHORUS