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"