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Artist: Whitney Houston
Canonical path: /whitney-houston/little-drummer-boy
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Little Drummer Boy
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Little Drummer Boy
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feat. Bobbi Kristina Brown)
[Bobbi Kristina:] Come they told me, pa rum pa pum pum
[Whitney:] Sing baby
[Bobbi Kristina:] Our newborn King to see, pa rum pa pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pa pum pum
To lay before the King, pa rum pa pum pum,
Rum pa pum pum, rum pa pum pum,
So to honor Him, pa rum pa pum pum,
When we come
[Whitney:] That's my baby, oh
Baby Yeshua, pa rum pa pum pum
I am a poor boy too, pa rum pa pum pum
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pa pum pum
That's fit to give a King, pa rum pa pum pum,
rum pa pum pum, rum pa pum pum
Shall I play for you, pa rum pa pum pum,
On my drum? Yeah, c'mon.
Oh I wanna play
Ooh pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pa, pa rum pa, pum pum
Yeah pa rum pa pum pum
Playing on my drum (playing on my drum)
Ooh pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pa, pa rum pa, pum pum
Yeah pa rum pa pum pum
Playing on my drum
Mary nodded, pa rum pa pum pum
(Yes she did oh, Mary nodded)
The ox (the ox) and lamb kept time, pa rum pa pum pum
Pa rum pa pum pum
I played my drum for Him, pa rum pa pum pum
(Pa rum pa pum pum)
I played my best for Him, pa rum pa pum pum
Rum pa pum pum, rum pa pum pum, oh
Then He smiled at me, pa rum pa pum pum
[Bobbi Kristina:] Me and my drum
[Whitney:] Ooh yeah, me and my
[Bobbi Kristina:] Me and my drum
[Whitney:] Pa rum pum, pa rum pum
My drum, drum, drum, drum
Mary nodded, pa rum pa pum pum
Me and my drum
Then he smiled at me, he smiled at me
[Bobbi Kristina:] Pa rum pa pum pum
[Whitney:] On, on my, on my, on my drum yeah
Na na na na na na
Me and my, me and my, me and my drum, drum, drum yeah
Oh hey yeah
Playing for Yeshua, playing for Yeshua
[Bobbi Kristina:] Pa rum pa pum pum
[Whitney:] Playing my drum
Pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pa pum pum, oh ma ma ma
[Bobbi Kristina: (Giggles)]
Whitney: Playing on my drum, playing on my drum
Pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pa, pa rum pa
Pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pa, pa rum pa
Oh oh Lord
Pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pa, pa rum pa
Pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pum, pa rum pum
Pa rum pa pum pum, pa rum pum, pa rum pum
Pa rum pa pum pum
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Whitney Houston performs "Little Drummer Boy", and this lyric page sits inside the Whitney Houston catalog on LyroVerse.
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