I'm slowly learning how to play the penny whistle and I thought it would be fun to do a sort of advent of Christmas carols to give me something to work towards. Each day of December, up to Christmas day, I will post a video of myself playing a Christmas carol on the penny whistle.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Little Drummer Boy



ABC:

X:14
T:Little Drummer Boy
M:4/4
R:reel
L:1/8
K:D
"D"D6E2|F4 F2F2|"G"GFG2 "D"F4-|F8|
z2D2 D2E2|F2F2 F2F2|"G"GFG2 "D"F4-|F8|
"A"z2E2 F2G2|A2A2 A2B2|AGF2 E4-|E8|
z2E2 F2G2|"D"A2A2 A2B2|"D7"=cBA2 "G"G4| BAG2 "D"F4|
AGF2 "A7"E4-|E8| "D"D6E2|F2F2 F2F2|
"G"GFG2 "D"F4-|F8| "A7"EDE2 "D"D4-|D8|]


Lyrics:

Come they told me
pa rum pum pum pum
A new born 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.

Little Baby
pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too,
pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift 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
Shall I play for you!
pa rum pum pum
on my drum.

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

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