In the moon, in the moon.

    There was a man who lived in the moon,

    And His name was Aiken Drum.

            CHORUS:

            And he played upon a ladle,

            A ladle, a ladle.

            And he played upon a ladle,

            And his name was Aiken Drum.

    His hat was made

    Out of cream cheese,

    Out of cream cheese,

    And his hat was made out of cream cheese,

    And his name was Aiken Drum.

            (CHORUS)

    His coat was made of good roast beef..........

    His pants were made of haggis bags...yuck!.........

GUITAR:  D  G  D  A7  D  G   D-A7  D

    This is a variation introduced be Rusty and Keith Mc Neil:

    There was a man in the next county,.....

    And his name was Willy Won’t.

    CHORUS: And he ate up the rusty nails,

    ..and his name was Willy Won’t

    And He ate up all of the cream cheese....

    And he ate up all of the good roast beef...

    And he ate up all of the haggis bags,

    That’s the end of Willy Won’t

    Aiken Drum is from Scotland.                        

So are bagpipes. 

You can hear them coming in and out of the song. The song is old, dating back to the 1700's.  To go to a website with an old version of Aiken Drum click here:   

This song can be used to teach young children to focus on a theme. Change the theme from "clothing is food" to "body parts are food".

Kindergarten kids at Saint Pius V School came up with:

    Mr. Potato Head

    His eyes were made of potato chips.

    His nose was a french fry.

    His lips were mashed potatoes.