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“I played my drum for him, pa-rum pum pum pum…”

Retry Correct Incorrect It’s been covered by just about everyone you can name and spawned a stop-motion special from Rankin/Bass productions, but “The Little Drummer Boy’s” enduring legacy began in 1941 when it was written by Katherine Kennicott Davis as “Carol of the Drum.”

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“I played my drum for him, pa-rum pum pum pum…”

• I played my best for him, pa-rum pum pum pum
• The ox and lamb kept tim, pa-rum pum pum pum
• Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
• Then He smiled at me, pa-rum pum pum pum