"The Little Drummer Boy", also known as "Carol of the Drum", is a popular Christmas song written by Katherine K. Davis. It was popularized by the version of the Harry Simeone Chorale and has been adapted many times since.
Album releases
- Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Singing Songs of Christmas (1965)
- Christmas with the Brady Bunch (1970)
- Nick at Nite: A Classic Cartoon Christmas (1996)
- Rudolph, Frosty and Friends' Favorite Christmas Songs (1996)
- A Flintstones Motown Christmas (1999)
- The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas (2000)
- A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas (2006)
- Glee: The Music, the Christmas Album Volume 2 (2011)
Lyrics
- Come they told me,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- A new born King to see,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- Our finest gifts we bring,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- To lay before the King,
- pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
- So to honor Him,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- when we come.
- Little Baby,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- I am a poor boy, too,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- I have no gift to bring,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- That's fit to give our King,
- pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
- Shall I play for you?
- pa rum pum pum
- on my drum.
- Mary nodded,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- The ox and lamb kept time,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- I played my drum for Him,
- pa rum pum pum
- I played my best for Him,
- pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
- Then He smiled at me,
- pa rum pum pum pum
- me and my drum.