Aiken Drum
Language: English
There was a man lived in the moon, Lived in the moon, lived in the moon, There was a man lived in the moon, And his name was Aiken Drum. And he played upon a ladle, A ladle, a ladle, And he played upon a ladle, And his name was Aiken Drum. And his hat was made of good cream cheese, Good cream cheese etc…. And his breeches were made of haggis bags, Haggis bags etc…. And he played upon a ladle, A ladle etc…. There was a man in another town, Another town, another town, There was a man in another town, And his name was Willy Wood. And he ate up all the good cream cheese, Good cream cheese, good cream cheese, And he ate up all the good cream cheese, And his name was Willy Wood. But he choked upon the Haggis bags, Haggis bags, haggis bags, But he choked upon the Haggis bags, And that ended Willy Wood. There was a man lived in the moon, Lived in the moon, lived in the moon, There was a man lived in the moon, And his name was Aiken Drum. And he played upon a ladle, A ladle, a ladle, And he played upon a ladle, And his name was Aiken Drum.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nicholas Marshall (b. 1942), "Aiken Drum" [voice, sopranino saxophone, descant, treble recorder, and piano], from Carousel: Seven Children's Songs, no. 7, Forsyth Bros. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-10
Line count: 34
Word count: 214