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Text:Come, they told me (The little drummer boy)
Author:Katherine K. Davis
Author:Henry V. Onorati
Author:Harry Simeone
Tune:[Come, they told me, pah-rum-pum-pum-pum!]
Composer:Katherine K. Davis
Composer:Henry V. Onorati
Composer:Harry Simeone

789. Come, they told me (The little drummer boy)

Text Information
First Line: Come, they told me, pah-rum-pum-pum-pum!
Title: Come, they told me (The little drummer boy)
Author: Katherine K. Davis
Author: Henry V. Onorati
Author: Harry Simeone
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Topic: Christmas: Children's Hymns and Songs
Copyright: © 1941 EMI Mills Music Inc./Delaware Music Corp, USA. Worldwide print rights controlled by Warner Bros. Publications
Tune Information
Name: [Come, they told me, pah-rum-pum-pum-pum!]
Composer: Katherine K. Davis
Composer: Henry V. Onorati
Composer: Harry Simeone
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 1941 EMI Mills Music Inc./Delaware Music Corp, USA. Worldwide print rights controlled by Warner Bros. Publications



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