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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: United Kingdom, Scotland - Folk Song
- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/4
- Form: Aa - verse/chorus
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti | ti ti ti ti ri |
| ta (ti) ti ri | ta ti ti | ta ti ti ri |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi Fa So
- Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do, Do/Fa, Fa\Re, Re\So, So/Do
- Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, vocal slur
- Key Words: world geography, Scotland, United Kingdom, Jacobite Rising, Battle of Sheriffmuir, nonsense song, moon, ladie (ladle/spoon), cream cheese, hat, coat, roast beef, button, penny leaves, breeches (pants), haggis bags (bags made from sheep organs)
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"Aiken Drum"
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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.
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And he played upon a ladie,
a ladie, a ladie,
And he played upon a ladie,
And his name was Aiken Drum. |
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And his hat was made of good cream cheese,
good cream cheese, good cream cheese,
And his hat was made of good cream cheese,
And his name was Aiken Drum. |
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And his coat was made of good roast beef,
good roast beef, good roast beef,
And his coat was made of good roast beef,
And his name was Aiken Drum.
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And his buttons made of penny loaves,
of penny loaves, of penny loaves,
And his buttons made of penny loaves,
And his name was Aiken Drum. |
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And his breeches made of haggis bags,
of haggis bags, of haggis bags,
And his breeches made of haggis bags,
And his name was Aiken Drum. |
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The rhyme dates from 1715 during the Jacobite Rising. Aiken Drum is a kindhearted mythical creature (brownie/fairy) who was sometimes mischievous. |
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