Katherine K. Davis is supposed to have based "Carol of the Drum" (Little Drummer Boy) on a Czech carol. Anyone have information or possibly this carol?

Although Davis bios say that she composed the song in 1941, the first recording seems to have been issued on DOT DLP-3076 in 1957 in an arrangement by Jack Halloran. Any earlier?

Couldn't find a French translation, but there is one in Spanish, "La Canción del Tamborilero." Saw an adv. for sheet music.