The Wiggles!

Let's talk about music in the car.

I had a bit of nostalgia from the days of singing in the car, so I picked up a CD from the library, "The Wiggles, Nursery Rhymes 2."

I'd heard of the Wiggles, and hey, nursery rhymes, right? So I popped it in the car, and first thing we get is "Aiken Drum." Because what could be more classic?

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.

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.

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.

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.

So, it was at this point that I actually decided to look on the back of the album to see what other classic nursery rhymes the Wiggles had decided to record for us! To their credit, they had "B-I-N-G-O" and "Sing a Song of Sixpence", but these were overwhelmed by "Sweet Boiled Candy" and "Gregory Griggs" and "Waltz with Dolls and Fairies". But by golly, they were catchy. And perhaps in Australia (where the Wiggles are from), these are what kids grow up singing!