The Story of "The Little Drummer Boy" Ever since I was little, I have loved "The Little Drummer Boy." I remember hearing it on the radio at a young age and deciding it was my favorite Christmas song. This decision had nothing to do with its message and everything to do with its beautiful melody.. " The Little Drummer Boy " (originally known as " Carol of the Drum ") is a popular Christmas song written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. First recorded in 1951 by the Austrian Trapp Family, the song was further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale, which was a Christmastime chart hit through the 1960s and even decades later. Many other artists.
For years, one of my favorite Christmas carols has been "The Little Drummer Boy," a story about a boy who goes to the manger in Bethlehem. The pro-life story of Maria von Trapp, whose life inspired the film 'The Sound of Music' The carol of Ukrainian origin that NATO has chosen for its Christmas greeting The song says that this boy was poor and had nothing to offer the Christ Child but the.. 'The Little Drummer Boy': Song History Researching this carol lifts lids off all sorts of curious historical 'facts', while throwing bright lights on other, more factual stories. Czech Origins? The original music, a lullaby, is said to have been 'collected' from Czech (by a Miss Jacubickova) and given English words by Percy Dearmer for the Oxford Book of Carols in 1928. Having traced both the.