The carol Fum, Fum, Fum has achieved considerable popularity in recent years, owing in part to chorale director Robert Shaw and his collaborators. It is of Catalan folk origin; the English lyrics used today almost certainly are fairly recent, and appear to bear little resemblance to the Catalonian text. However, it appears that the refrain, "Fum, fum, fum", is imitating the sound of the zambomba, a type of friction drum; a rod projecting from the 'drumhead' is rubbed or plucked with the hands. The zambomba is closely associated with the flamenco tradition, including the flamenco Mass.
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