Aching Drum?

[naparky]

Anybody know the words to the rhyme And his name was aching drum

[mrs.pudding]

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

And he played upon a ladle

A ladle, a ladle

He played upon a ladle

And his name was Aiken Drum

His hat was made of good cream cheese

Good cream cheese

Good cream cheese

His hat was made of good cream cheese

And his name was Aiken Drun

[naparky]

Found it thanks!

There came a man to our town,
to our town, to our town,
There came a man to our town,
and his name was Aiken Drum,
And he played upon a ladle,
a ladle, a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.
And his hat was made of scrambled eggs,
scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs,
And his hat was made of scrambled eggs,
and his name was Aiken Drum.
And he played upon a ladle,
a ladle, a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.
His shirt was made of fish n chips,
fish n chips, fish n chips,
And his shirt was made of fish n chips,
and his name was Aiken Drum.
And he played upon a ladle,
a ladle, a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.
His pants were made of sausage rolls,
sausage rolls, sausage rolls,
And his pants were made of sausage rolls,
and his name was Aiken Drum.
And he played upon a ladle,
a ladle, a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

[brachiopod]

There are various (slight) variations on this - try googling Aiken Drum. But on the whole, it's;

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,
And he played upon a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his hat was made of cream cheese,
of cream cheese x2,
And his hat was made of cream cheese,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his coat was made of roast beef,
of roast beef x2
And his coat was made of roast beef,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

And his buttons were made of penny loaves, etc

His waistcoat was made of crust of pies, etc

His breeches were made of haggis bags etc

 

[natalie_1982]

What tune does this go to?  I've never heard of it!

[bernardo]

The tune is a bit like this:

 

De dum de dum de dumm dumm,

de dumm dumm

de dumm dumm.

De dum de dum de dumm dumm

dum de dum de dum de dum.

[brachiopod]

Isn't that 'The Archers' tune, bernado?

[bernardo]

No; the Archers is:

 

Dum di dum di dum di dummm

Dum di dum di dumm dumm

Dum di dum di dum di dumm

Dum di diddly dummm

Dum di diddly

Dum di diddly

Dum di diddly dummmm

Dum di dum di dum di diddly

Dum di diddly dumm.

[Kingaroo]

I think the tune is the same as
"I Saw Three Ships come Sailing In"
Am I right?
If so we can mess up the christmas carolers by singing along using the wrong lyrics...

[Dusky]

No, Kingaroo. It's not so far off but it's not We Saw Three Ships.