James Pierpont (musician)

James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893) was an American songwriter, arranger, organist, and composer.

Quotes

 * Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way; Oh! what joy it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh.
 * Usually misquoted as "Oh! what fun it is to ride"
 * "The One Horse Open Sleigh"


 * If of these United States I was the President, No man that owed another should ever pay a cent; And he who dunn'd another should be banished far away, And attention to the pretty girls is all a man should pay.
 * "The Returned Californian"