Pat-A-Pan - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, Craig Jessop

Willie, take your little drum,â ¨

Robin, bring your flute and come,

When we hear the fife and drum,

Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pat-a-pat-a-pan;â ¨

When we hear the fife and drum:

Christmas should be frolicsome.

Take thy tabor and thy flute,

None today must e’er be mute:

With such jolly shepherd toys,

Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pa-ta-pa-ta-pan;

To the sound of this shrill noise,

Let us raise a Noel, Boys!

Long ago our fathers sang

Such a song on this same day:

'Twas of Bethlehem, their lay,

Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pa-ta-pa-ta-pan;

Where wise kings and shepherds stray

To the stars their music rang.

As we join our choicest airs,

In a hymn that upward fares:

Earth and heaven seem near our prayers:

Tu-re-lu-re-lu, pa-ta-pa-ta-pan;

Vanish all our daily cares

While we dance and sing Noel.