LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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Detailed explanation-1: -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’s mother, Mary, recalling, “I played my best for him” and “He smiled at me".
Detailed explanation-2: -Theme of giving from the heart. Adapted by Jennifer Reif. The Little Drummer Boy is a sweet play about the message of Christmas and gifts from the heart. Two children are bursting with energy on Christmas Eve until their father calms them by sharing the Christmas Story.
Detailed explanation-3: -’The Little Drummer Boy’ was written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. It was first published with the title ‘Carol of the Drum’, and described as a ‘Czech carol freely transcribed by C.R.W.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Clem, who had unofficially joined a Union Army regiment at the age of 9 as a drummer and mascot, became famous as “The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga” where he played a “long roll” and shot a Confederate officer who had demanded his surrender.