An Drumadóirín - Little Drummer Boy

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Tar, a deir siad pá-rum pum pum pum
Go bhfeicfimid an Rí pá-rum pum pum pum
ár dtogha 's ár rogha againn pá-rum pum pum pum
Le cur i lámh' an Rí pá-rum pum pum pum,
    rum pum pum pum , rum pum pum pum
ómós cuí dár Rí pá-rum pum pum pum
Ar ár son.

Naíon bheag ghléigeal, pá-rum pum pum pum
Is buachaill bocht mé féin, pá-rum pum pum pum
Níl féirín ceart agam, pá-rum pum pum pum
Is fiú a thabhairt dár Rí, pá-rum pum pum pum,
    rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
Déanfad ceolta Duit, pá-rum pum pum pum
Ar an drum?

D'umhlaigh Muire, pá-rum pum pum pum
Bhuail Bó is Uan an t-am, pá-rum pum pum pum
Bhuaileas mo bhodhrán Dhó, pá-rum pum pum pum
Bhuaileas go cumasach, pá-rum pum pum pum,
    rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
Gháir Sé liom fé rún, pá-rum pum pum pum
Is lem dhrum!

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
On my drum?

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, rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me, pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum!

Phonetics on this page are a student's approximation. For more exact phonetics, see the dictionary Fócloir Póca.

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