Aiken Drum

(version 1)

Words & Music:

Traditional Scottish

 

I've lost the original source of these notes:  These lyrics first appeared as a nursery rhyme In England in the mid-1800's as:  "Edrin Drum."  However, according to the Traditional Folksongs and Ballads of Scotland by John Loesberg, the tune dates  to "at least the 18th  century or earlier."  Raffi even did a version of this song in the 1980's using Italian food based lyrics.  Yum.

 

CHORUS:

E                     A            E            B7

There was a man lived in the moon, in the moon, in the moon

      E               A                    E        B7    E

There was a man lived in the moon, and his name was Aiken Drum.

 

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle.

He played upon a ladle, and his name was Aiken Drum.

 

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And his hat was made of good cream cheese,

Good cream cheese, good cream cheese.

His hat was made of good cream cheese, and his name was Aiken Drum.

 

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And his coat was made of good roast beef,

Good roast beef, good roast beef.

And his coat was made of good roast beef, and his name was Aiken Drum.

 

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And his button were made of penny loaves, penny loaves, penny loaves.

His buttons were made of penny loaves, and his name was Aiken Drum.

 

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The provenance of the attached easy arrangement of this is unknown.  It is part of a collection that people gave me over the years.  Please inform me if correctly attribute it.