References in Popular Culture
- Aiken Drum is the name of a character in the Saga of Pliocene Exile, a series of science fiction novels by Julian May.
- Aiken Drumm is a character in Taltos, a novel by Anne Rice.
- Aiken Drumm was a game made for the Atari ST in the late eighties. Like the song, the player could choose what Aiken Drumm was made out of and the song would be tailored to the users choice.
- A Norwegian translation of the song was done by Vibeke Sæter for a Norwegian children's TV show in the 1970s.
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