Singer: Pentatonix

    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 pum/ Pa rum pum pum pum

    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 pum/ I played my best for Him/ Pa rum pum pum pum,

    Rum pum pum pum

    Then He smiled at me/ Pa rum pum pum pum/ Me and my drum

    Come they told me/ Pa rum pum pum pum/ A new born King to see

    Pa rum pum pum pum

    Me and my drum/ Rum pum pum pum

    Background

    “The Little Drummer Boy,” originally known as “Carol of the Drum,” is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer and teacher Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941.

    In the lyrics the singer relates how, as a poor young boy, he was summoned by the Magi to the nativity where, without a gift for the infant Jesus, he played his drum with Virgin Mary’s approval, remembering “I played my best for Him” and “He smiled at me.”

    A new version of this holiday favorite by a capella quintet Pentatonix quickly beats a path up multiple Billboard charts.

    Pentatonix consists of Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola, originating from Arlington, Texas. The group won the third season of “The Sing-Off” on NBC in 2011.