Come they told me, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum Our newborn king to see, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum Our finest gifts we bring, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum To lay before the kind, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum ,rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum
Little baby, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum I am a poor girl too, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum I have no gifts to bring, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum That’s fit to give the king, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum Pum-pum-pum, pum-pum-pum-pum, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum-pum-pum Shall I play for you pa-rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum, rum-pum-pum-pum
Mary nodded, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum The ox and the lamb kept time, little drummer boy
I played my drums for him (ba-dum-pum-pum) I played my best for him (ba-dum-pum-pum) Then he smiled at me (ba-dum-pum-pum)
