![]() ![]() A version is included on their CD Singalong Songs from Scotland, produced in 2003 for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The Scottish folk group The Singing Kettle performs this song for children in an interactive way by allowing the children to decide the foods of which Aiken Drum is made. Performances One version of a melody for "Aiken Drum" 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. 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. 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. Look Jolly, blythe and big, take his ain blest side and prig,Īnd the poor, worm-eaten Whig, Aikendrum, Aikendrum Ken ye how to gain a Whig, Aikendrum, Aikendrum We have heard of Whigs galore, Aikendrum, Aikendrumīut we've sought the country o'er, with cannon and claymore,Īnd still they are before, Aikendrum, Aikendrum Or the eel has ta'en the sand, Aikendrum.ĭonald's running 'round and 'round, Aikendrum, Aikendrum,ĭonald's running 'round and 'round, Aikendrumīut the Chief cannot be found, and the Dutchmen they are drownedĪnd King Jaime he is crowned, Aikendrum, Aikendrumīut the dogs will get a stound, Aikendrum. He has vanished from our strand, Aikendrum, Aikendrum, That man of high command, who has sworn to clear the land ![]() He can fight the hero bright, with his heels and armour tightĪnd the wind of heavenly night, Aikendrum, Aikendrumĭid ye hear of Sunderland, Aikendrum, Aikendrum Ken ye how a Whig can fight, Aikendrum, Aikendrum Other versions of the song include the lyrics: There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon,Īnd he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,Īnd his hat was made of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese,Īnd his hat was made of good cream cheese,Īnd his coat was made of good roast beef, of good roast beef, of good roast beef,Īnd his coat was made of good roast beef,Īnd his buttons made of penny loaves, of penny loaves, of penny loaves,Īnd his waistcoat was made of crust pies, of crust pies, of crust pies,Īnd his waistcoat was made of crust pies,Īnd his breeches made of haggis bags, of haggis bags, of haggis bags, ![]()
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