1. Aiken Drum
Steady Beat with Instruments
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2. Kindergarten Objectives
• What? The students will perform and explore
a steady beat through: playing classroom
instruments
• How? By performing the song “Aiken Drum”
• Why? In order to explore basic rhythmic
elements
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3. The Man in the Moon
• Is there really a man in the moon? When one looks up at the full
moon, it appears to have the image of a person’s face on it’s
surface. What causes this?
• One can get a closer look at the moon’s surface by using powerful
binoculars. High mountains and deep craters, the most spectacular
of the lunar landscape’s features, are best seen during one of the
moon’s phases when the sunlight is being reflected at an angle.
• Because the moon rotates only once on its axis every time it orbits
the earth, we always see the same side and the same features.
During ten orbits in 1968, the far side of the moon was first seen by
astronauts of the Apollo 9 moon mission.
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5. Aiken Drum
• Aiken Drum is a popular Scottish folk song
and nursery rhyme. Many songs that are folk
songs can have different versions- different
melodies, different words, and different
rhythms.
• During this lesson we are going to listen to
and perform different versions of this song.
We are also going to create our own version
of Aiken Drum by making up new words for
the song! 7/09

6. 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. 7/09

7. His hat was made of cheddar cheese, of
cheddar cheese, of cheddar cheese. His hat
was made of cheddar cheese and his name
was Aiken Drum.
He played upon a pie pan, a pie pan, a pie pan.
He played upon a pie pan and his name was
Aiken Drum. 7/09

8. His shirt was made of gingerbread, of
gingerbread, of gingerbread. His shirt was
made of gingerbread and his name was Aiken
Drum.
He played upon a muffin tin, a muffin tin, a
muffin tin. He played upon a muffin tin and
his name was Aiken Drum.
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9. His tie was made of tuna fish, of tuna fish, of
tuna fish . His tie was made of tuna fish and
his name was Aiken Drum.
He played upon a serving spoon, a serving
spoon, a serving spoon. He played upon a
serving spoon and his name was Aiken Drum.
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10. His coat was made of pizza, of pizza, of pizza.
His coat was made of pizza and his name was
Aiken Drum.
He played upon a cookie sheet, a cookie sheet,
a cookie sheet. He played upon a cookie
sheet and his name was Aiken Drum.
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11. His pants were made of raisin toast, of raisin
toast, of raisin toast. His pants were made
of raisin toast and his name was Aiken Drum.
He played upon a skillet, a skillet, a skillet. He
played upon a skillet and his name was Aiken
Drum.
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12. His belt was made of string beans, of string
beans, of string beans. His belt was made of
string beans and his name was Aiken Drum.
He played upon a teapot, a teapot, a teapot.
He played upon a teapot and his name was
Aiken Drum.
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13. His shoes were made of tacos, of tacos, of
tacos. His shoes were made of tacos and his
name was Aiken Drum.
He played upon a tin can, a tin can, a tin can.
He played upon a tin can and his name was
Aiken Drum.
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14. Yes he had a
kitchen on the
moon
And his name
was Aiken Drum
Drum.
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15. Aiken Drum 2
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.
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16. And his hair was made of spaghetti,
spaghetti, spaghetti. His hair was made
of spaghetti and his name was Aiken
Drum.
And his eyes were made of meatballs,
meatballs, meatballs. His eyes were made
of meatballs 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.
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17. And his nose was made of cheese, cheese,
cheese. His nose was made of cheese and
his name was Aiken Drum.
And his mouth was made of pizza, pizza,
pizza. His mouth was made of pizza and
his name was Aiken Drum
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18. And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle.
He played upon a ladle and his name was
Aiken Drum.
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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19. Differences
• What are some differences between the
first Aiken Drum we worked on and the
second Aiken Drum we listened to?
• Were the melodies different?
• Were the words different?
• Were the rhythms different?
• How were these elements different?
• Which one was your favorite? Why?
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20. Class Aiken Drum
• Let’s create our own words to Aiken
Drum.
• Think of some words that have to do
with food, clothing, kitchen items, etc.
• As a class, let’s change some of the
words to Aiken Drum and sing our
version.
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