UnclaimedFr8 | Carol Of The Drum ("The Little Drummer Boy") - Christine Anu - The Spirit Of Christmas (1995) @UnclaimedFr8 | Uploaded December 2014 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
This haunting, captivating, almost mystical rendition of "Carol of the Drum" ("The Little Drummer Boy") is stylishly performed by Christine Anu, who is an Australian pop singer/songwriter/actress of Torres Strait Islander descent. She gained popularity with the release of her song "My Island Home" and has won several ARIA Music Awards. (Wikipedia)

"Carol of the Drum" is a popular, widely recorded Christmas song, which was written in 1941 by Katherine Kennicott Davis, an American classical music composer and teacher.

This Christmas song was Ms. Anu's contribution to the annual compilation album "The Spirit of Christmas" (1995). Proceeds from this series of annual Christmas albums are donated to the Salvation Army for its Red Shield Appeal for at risk children throughout Australia. This album was produced by Lindsay Field for Myer Grace Bros. and distributed by Sony BMG. (Wikipedia)

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LYRICS (from album notes)

Come, they told me
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
Our new born King to see
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
Our finest gifts we bring
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
To lay before our King!
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
Rum-pa-pum-pum,
Rum-pa-pum-pum
So to honor Him, pa-
rum-pa-pum pum
When we come.

Baby Jesus,
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
I am a poor boy too,
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
I have no gift to bring
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
That's fit to give our King
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
Rum-pa-pum-pum
Rum-pa-pum-pum
Shall I play for you,
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
On my drum?

Mary nodded,
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
Ox and lamb kept time
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
I played my drum for Him
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
I played my best for Him
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
Rum-pa-pum-pum
Rum-pa-pum-pum
Then He smiled at me
pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
Me and my drum!