The Little Drummer Boy (1965 Version)
The Harry Simeone Chorale
3:22Jolly old Saint Nicholas Lean your ear this way Don't you tell a single soul What I'm going to say Christmas Eve is coming soon Now, you dear old man Whisper what you'll bring to me Tell me if you can When the clock is striking twelve And I'm sound asleep Down the chimney, broad and black With your pack you'll creep All the stockings you will find Hanging in a row Mine will be the shortest one You'll be sure to know (Ah ah ah ah) (Ah ah ah ah) Johnny wants a pair of skates Suzy wants a sled Nellie wants a picture book Yellow, blue, and red Now I think I'll leave to you What to give the rest But give little Billy a drum this year Drum this year 'Cause that's what he like best (Rum rum rum rum) Come they told me Pa rum pum pum pum A newborn 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 (Rum, rum, pum rum, rum, pum rum, rum pum pum) Baby Jesus Pa rum pum pum pum I am a poor boy too Pa rum pum pum pum I have no gifts 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 (Rum, rum) Shall I play for you Pa rum pum pum pum On my drum (Rum, rum, pum rum, rum, pum rum, rum pum pum) 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 pum I played my best for Him Pa rum pum pum pum Rum pum pum pum Rum pum pum pum (Rum, pum, ba ba da bum, ba ba da Bum, ba ba da, ba ba da bum) Then He smiled at me Pa rum pum pum pum Me and my drum (Rum, rum, pum rum, rum, rum rum, pum rum) (Rum, rum, rum, rum, pum rum, rum)