Little Drummer Boy

Words & Music by Davis/Onorati-Simeone
sung by John Denver
on Christmas Like A Lullaby (1990)


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  Come they told me

  pa rum pum pum pum

  Our new born King to see,

  pa rum pum pum pum
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  Our finest gifts we bring

  pa rum pum pum pum

  To lay before our King
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  pa rum pum pum pum
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  rum pum pum pum
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  rum pum pum pum
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  So to honor Him

  pa rum pum pum pum,
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  when we come.

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  Little Baby

  pa rum pum pum pum

  I am a poor boy too,

  pa rum pum pum pum
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  I have no gift to bring

  pa rum pum pum pum

  That's fit to give our King
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  pa rum pum pum pum
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  rum pum pum pum
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  rum pum pum pum
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  Shall I play for you!

  pa rum pum pum
  D       G
  on my drum.

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  Mary nodded

  pa rum pum pum pum

  The ox and lamb kept time

  pa rum pum pum pum
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  I played my drum for Him

  pa rum pum pum
 
  I played my best for Him
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  pa rum pum pum pum
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  rum pum pum pum
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  rum pum pum pum
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  Then He smiled at me

  pa rum pum pum pum
   D          G
  me and my drum.