
"Sleigh Ride" is a light orchestra standard composed by Leroy Anderson and lyrics by Mitchell Parish. This song was written during a heatwave in July of 1946, while the composer was staying at a cottage in Woodbury, Connecticut, with his wife and 18-month-old daughter. This version with the bouzouki is performed by the Danforth Ensemble and the bouzouki and baglama soloists are Kostas Filippeos, Kiriakos Kakoullis and Jordan Iordanou.