How they told me, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum A newborn king to see, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum Our finest gifts we bring, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum To lay before the king, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum So we're to honor him, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum When we come home Little baby, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum I am a poor boy too, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum I have no gift to bring, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum That's fit to give our king, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum Shall I play for you, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum? Mary nodded, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum The ox and lamb kept time, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum I played my drum for him, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum I played my mess for him, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum Then he smiled at me, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum Me and I Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh Come where they told me, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum I'm no boy king to see, ba-rum-ba-bum-bum Me and my drum Me and my drum Me and my drum Me and my drum Me and my drum Me and my drum