12-01-2019 – Part I – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE! …

Bishop Jim’s insightful messages help others find THEIR METRON through M~otivation E~nlightenment T~ranscendence R~enewal O~utreach and N~etworking 12-01-2019 – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE! Freeing Yourself from the Ghost of Christmas Past to Follow Your Star Into Your Future, Part I Today’s Notes: I – “The Little Drummer Boy” (originally known as “Carol of the Drum”) is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer and teacher Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. First recorded in 1951 by the Trapp Family Singers, the song was further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale; the Simeone version was re-released successfully for several years and the song has been recorded many times since. In the lyrics, the singer relates how, as a poor young boy, he was summoned by the Magi to the Nativity of Jesus. Without a gift for the Infant, the little drummer boy played his drum with approval from Jesus’ mother, Mary, recalling, “I played my best for him” and “He smiled at me.” – Wikipedia II – Come they told me, Pa rum pum pum-pum A newborn 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