The faint, distant drums told him that the main march was still miles away.

And yet the phrase about military music moved him queerly, as if he had heard those distant drums.

Beneath the constant throbbing of the distant drums, another sound grew.

It was a pulsing, throbbing sound like the deep beat of distant drums.

The frogs were singing, a descant to the distant drums.

The residents of Oakdale start their mornings with the sound of distant drums.

There was no sound at first, and then he heard it-a deep, heartbeat rhythm that sounded like distant drums.

Say, do you hear the distant drums?

"Distant Drums" remained at No.1 on the British charts for five weeks in 1966.

His sharp ears had caught the sound of distant drums, and he was on his curious way to see where the sound came from.