Aiken Drum
Walter Crane 1845 – 1915
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,
And he played upon a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.
And his hat was made of good cream cheese,
And his name, &c.
And his coat was made of good roast beef,
And his name, &c.
And his buttons were made of penny loaves,
And his name, &c.
His waistcoat was made of crust of pies,
And his name, &c.
His breeches were made of haggis bags,
And his name, &c.
There was a man in another town,
And his name was Willy Wood;
And he played upon a razor,
And his name was Willy Wood.
And he ate up all the good cream cheese,
And his name, &c.
And he ate up all the good roast beef,
And his name, &c.
And he ate up all the penny loaves,
And his name, &c.
And he ate up all the good pie crust,
And his name, &c.
But he choked upon the haggis bags,
And there was an end of Willy Wood.
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Submitted by naama on July 15, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaaaBccB dE fE gE xE hE xIxI dE fE gE xE hi |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,084 |
Words | 213 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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