‘The Little Drummer Boy’
Lyrics
"The Little Drummer Boy"
(originally known as "Carol of the Drum") is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical
music composer and teacher Katherine
Kennicott Davis in
1941.[1] It
was recorded in 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers[2] and
further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale. This version was
re-released successfully for several years and the song has been recorded many
times since.[3]
In the
lyrics the singer relates how, as a poor young boy, he was summoned by the Magi
to the nativity where, without a gift for the infant Jesus,
he played his drum with
the Virgin Mary's
approval, remembering "I played my best for Him" and "He smiled
at me". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy
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Snare drum ensemble
John Denver at the Vatican
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