Aiken Drum

Have several felt foods and let the kids pick what will go into the song!

Modern Lyrics (Raffi, Barney, etc.)

(INTRO)

     C                          F            

There was a man lived in the moon,

 C                           G7    

lived in the moon, lived in the moon.

    C                           F                  

There was a man lived in the moon

               C              G7     C

and his name was Aiken Drum.

  

(CHORUS)

        C                          F       

And he played upon a ladle,

   C        G7

a ladle, a ladle,

     C                       F            

He played upon a ladle,

              C              G7     C

and his name was Aiken Drum.

 

His hair was made of spaghetti…

His eyes were made of meatballs…

His nose was made of cheese…

His mouth was made of pizza…

Felt Template

Original 1820 Lyrics

(Intro)

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.

  

(CHORUS)

And he played upon a ladle,

a ladle, a ladle,

He played upon a ladle,

 

His hat was made of good cream cheese…

His coat was made of good roast beef…

His buttons were made of penny loaves…

His waistcoat was made of crust pies…

His breeches made of haggis bags…

 

There was a man in (another town x3)

…And his name was Willy Wood

 

He played upon a (razor x3)…

He ate up all the good cream cheese…

He ate up all the good roast beef…

He ate up all the penny loaves…

He ate up all the good pie crust…

​​​​​​​But he choked upon (the haggis x3)

…And there was the end of Willy Wood