After my last slightly humorous post I thought it was time to get a bit more serious.
How many of you knew that ‘Little Drummer Boy’ was originally titled the ‘Carol of the Drum’ ?
The first official recording of this song was by the Trapp Family Singers. Yes indeedy…that Trapp family that Julie Andrews made famous in Sound of Music.
So here is their version.
You might notice that instead of “the ox and lamb kept time” the Trapp Family Singers sing “the ox and ass kept time” which was as it was originally written by Katherine Davis in 1941. There is a very interesting story about some plagiarism of this song, which I will tell you during this month of the Little Drummer Boy, once I check out that it is true.
Hope you enjoy.
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This has an authentic sound but I prefer the modern versions!
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Me too. But I figured having the Trapp Family Singers was too good not to show.
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The carol of the drum makes sense, Jo. This version has a more ‘chiseled’ feel to it… still like the song though!
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It does…you are right I think about the feel. it was so interesting to learn about where this song came from.
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The voices are beautiful…but I want to slow them down!
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Hahahaha…that is such a YOU comment. 😉
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This version although nice is very clipped no emotion to it.. And I have learnt something new again within your post… 🙂
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Very typical Von Trapp I think.
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Yes agreed 🙂
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🙂
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