The Little Drummer Boy

Katherine Kennicott Davis (1892-1980)

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Guitar Tab by Po-Ning Chen
Standard tuning

= 80
3 2 13

3
1

Come they told me pa rumpumpumpum

0 0 0 1 0 1 0
0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

2 3 2 12

A new born King to see pa rum pum pum pum Our fi- nest

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
0
3 3 3 3 3

32 p

14

gifts we bring pa rumpumpum pum To lay be- fore the King pa

0 0
3 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0

1/5
 113 42 1 13 4 43 1

19

rumpumpum pum rumpumpum pum rumpumpum pum So to

1 0 0
1 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 3 1 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
3 0 0 0 0
3
3 3

24

ho- nor Him pa rumpum

pum pum When we come

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

3 3 3 3 3

29

Li- ttle Ba- by pa

0 0 0
0 2 0 0 0
0 0
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

3 3
35

rum pum pum pum I am a poor boy too pa rum pum pum pum

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

2/5
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I have no gift to bring pa rumpumpum pum

0
0 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 3

45

That's fit to give the King pa rum pumpum pum rum pumpum pum

0 1 0 0
0 1 3 3 3 3 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 3
3 3 3
3 3

49

rum pum pum pum Shall I play for you pa

3 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 3 3 3

3
53

rum pum pum pum On my drum

1 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
0 0 0 0
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

3/5
 4

57

Ma- ry

0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

23 43 23 31 23

62

no- dded pa rum pum pum pum The ox and lamb kept time pa

2 2 2 3 2 3 2 0 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 12 11 13
3

67

rum pum pum pum I played my drum for Him pa

3 2 3 2 0 2 3 5 5 5 7
3 3 3 3 2 2 5 5 5 5
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

11 t42 32 12

71

rum pum pum pum I played my best for Him pa

5 0 2 3 5 5 5 7
5 8 7 5 2 2 5 5 5 5
6 6 6
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

4/5
 pim 411 4 3 1 12 2

75

rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum rum pum pum pum

8 7 5 7 5 3 2 5 3 2 0
5 5 5 8 3 2
5 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0

31

78

Then He smiled at me pa rum pum pum pum

0 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0

82

Me and my drum.

0 0
3 3 3 3 3
2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0

87

3 3
2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0

5/5