For groups who want to sing the whole song, here are the lyrics to download. For young students we recommend the short version with the nakwe’amaagewin (chorus or answering part) and just one nagamobiisaawin (part of the song or verse), but either way we hope you enjoy winter sledding and weweni, travel safe!

Godotaagaansan

Nakwe’amaagewin / Chorus:

Godotaagaansan, godotaagaansan madwewemagadoon
Jingle bells, Jingle bells, jingle all the way

Minwendaagwag wii-booziyang biboonodaabaaning
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

Godotaagaansan, godotaagaansan madwewemagadoon
Jingle bells, Jingle bells, jingle all the way

Minwendaagwag wii-booziyang biboonodaabaaning
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

Nagamobiisaawin Bezhig / Verse One:

Nizhiibaagonebiz biboonodaabaaning,
Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh,

Zhiibaabizoyang gitigaaning, ge baashkaapiyang;
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way;

Madwewemagag, ge minawaanigoziyang;
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright;

Aapiji minwendaagwag ji-zhiibaagonebizoyang!
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight!

Nagamobiisaawin Niizh / Verse Two:

Mii iidog gaa-niizhogon, gii-babaamibizoyaan,
A day or two ago, I thought I’d take a ride,

Dash wayiiba Baanii Waasikwe gii-wiidabimid imaa;
And soon Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side;

Bebezhigoogaanzhii bwaa-minwaabamewizid,
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot,

Gii-izhaayaang ishpaagoneyaasing, dash gwanabiseyaang.
We got into a drifted bank, and then we got upsot.

Nagamobiisaawin Niswi / Verse Three:

Mii iidog gaa-niizhogon, daa-dazhindamaan
A day or two ago, a story I must tell.

Gii-bimaagoneyaan, dash aatawaaseyaan.
I went out on the snow, and on my back I fell.

Awiiya nigii-gabikaag biboonodaabaaning,
A gent was riding by in a one horse open sleigh,

Gii-baapigooyaan apii animibizod ge-bimishinaan!
He laughed as there I sprawling lie but quickly drove away!

Nagamobiisaawin Niiwin / Verse Four:

Noongom gaa-gabezoogipon, bimaagonen noongom;
Now the ground is white, go it while you’re young;

Wiijiiwaag ikwezensag, dash o’ow nagamowin.
Take the girls tonight, and sing this sleighing song.

Gidaa-debinaa bebezhigoogaanzhii, ge gizhiibaatood;
Just get a bob tailed bay, two-forty as his speed;

Zagibizh biboonodaabaaning dash ogimaakandawad!
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! You’ll take the lead!

Mino-Niibaa

1)
Mino-Niibaa-anami’ewigiizhigad
We wish you a Merry Christmas

Mino-Niibaa-anami’ewigiizhigad
We wish you a Merry Christmas

Mino-Niibaa-anami’ewigiizhigad
We wish you a Merry Christmas

Miinawaa Oshki-biboon
And a Happy New Year

2)
Biidoon gichizhoominiwaaboo
Now bring us some figgy pudding

Biidoon gichizhoominiwaaboo
Now bring us some figgy pudding

Biidoon gichizhoominiwaaboo
Now bring us some figgy pudding

Miinawaa biidoon omaa
And bring it out here

3)
Nizaagitoomin gichizhoominiwaaboo
For we love our figgy pudding

Nizaagitoomin gichizhoominiwaaboo
For we love our figgy pudding

Nizaagitoomin gichizhoominiwaaboo
For we love our figgy pudding

Miinawaa biidoon omaa
And bring it out here

4)
Gaawiin niwii-maajaasiimin
We won’t go until we get some

Gaawiin niwii-maajaasiimin
We won’t go until we get some

Gaawiin niwii-maajaasiimin
We won’t go until we get some

Miinawaa biidoon omaa
And bring it out here

5)
Mino-Niibaa-anami’ewigiizhigad
We wish you a Merry Christmas

Mino-Niibaa-anami’ewigiizhigad
We wish you a Merry Christmas

Mino-Niibaa-anami’ewigiizhigad
We wish you a Merry Christmas

Miinawaa oshki-biboon
And a Happy New Year

This song is from the Disney film, Frozen. Now brought to you from Hollow Rock in Grand Portage, Minnesota.

Let it Go

Noongom dibik waasegooniyaabikaa
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight

gaawiin waabanjigaadesiinoon
not a footprint to be seen

ninaazhikewiz omaa
a kingdom of isolation

gaye niniigaaniz igo.
and it looks like I’m the queen.

—

Mashkawimadweyaasin gichibiiwang
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside

gaawiin ingii-gaadoosiin gojitooyaan.
couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried.

Gego biindigaa’aaken.
Don’t let them in, don’t let them see.

Mino’izhiwebizin ikwezens.
Be the good girl you always have to be.

Gego wiindamawaaken.
Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know.

Gikendamowaad.
Well, now they know.

—

Bagidendan, bagidendan
Let it go, let it go

bwaa-minjiminamaan.
can’t hold it back anymore.

Bagidendan, bagidendan,
Let it go, let it go,

gibaakowebinan ishkwaandem.
turn away and slam the door.

Inzaabendaan idamowaad
I don’t care what they’re going to say

manoo izhise
let the storm rage on

gaawiin wiika ingii-baamendansiin.
the cold never bothered me anyway.