Silly Poems and Rhymes # 15 - Aiken Drum

One of the stranger ones:-

Aiken Drum

Traditional

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

Chorus

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

Chorus

And his buttons were made of penny loaves,
of penny loaves, of penny loaves,
And his buttons were made of penny loaves,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

Chorus

And his breeches were made of haggis bags
of haggis bags, of haggis bags
And his breeches were made of haggis bags,
and his name was Aiken Drum.

Here "Breeches" are  trousers that end above the knee.