Christmas Song 14 ' The Little Drummer Boy' Katherine Kennicott Davis 1941

Christmas Song 14 ' The Little Drummer Boy' Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941.[1] In the lyrics, the singer relates how, as a poor young boy, he was summoned by the Magi to the Nativity of Jesus. Without a gift for the Infant, the little drummer boy played his drum with approval from Jesus's mother, Mary, recalling, "I played my best for him" and "He smiled at me".