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Aiken Drum

"Aiken Drum" is a popular Scottish folk
song and nursery rhyme, which probably has its origins in a Jacobite song about the Battle of
Sheriffmuir (1715). It has a Roud
Folk Song Index number of 2571.

The rhyme was first printed by James Hogg in Jacobite Reliques in
1820, as a Jacobite song
about the Battle of Sheriffmuir (1715).

Sir
Walter Scott in his novel The Antiquary (1816)
refers to Aiken Drum in a story told by an old beggar about the origins of what
has been perceived by the protagonist as a Roman fort. The beggar tells him
that it was actually built by him and others for "auld Aiken Drum's
bridal" and that one of the masons cut the shape of a ladle into the stone
as a joke on the bridegroom. The reference suggests that the rhyme, and
particularly the chorus, was well enough known in the early nineteenth century
for the joke to be understood.

Lyrics:

There was
a man who lived in the moon.

In the moon. In the moon.

There was a man who lived in the moon.

And his name was Aiken Drum.

                
* * *

He played
upon a ladle.

A ladle. A ladle.

He played upon a ladle.

And his name was Aiken Drum.

                
* * *

His hair
was made of spaghetti.

Spaghetti. Spaghetti.

His hair was made of spaghetti.

And his name was Aiken Drum.

                
* * *

His eyes
were made of fried eggs.

Fried eggs. Fried eggs.

His eyes were made of fried eggs.

And his name was Aiken Drum.

                
* * *

His ears
were made from apricots.

Apricots. Apricots.

His ears were made from apricots.

And his name was Aiken Drum.

                
* * *

His nose
was made with carrots.

Carrots. Carrots.

His nose was made from carrots.

And his name was Akin Drum.

                
* * *

His mouth
was made from an orange.

An orange. An orange.

His mouth was made from an orange.

And his name was Aiken Drum.

                
* * *

There was
a man who lived in the moon.

In the moon, in the moon.

There was a man who lived in the moon.

And his name was Aiken Drum.