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"The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme or children's song of English origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7922.
The most widely known lyrics are as follows:
<poem> Do [or "Oh, do"] you know the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man, Do you know the muffin man, Who lives in Drury Lane? Yes [or "Oh, yes"], I know the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man, Yes, I know the muffin man, Who lives in Drury Lane.</poem>
The rhyme is first recorded in a British manuscript of around 1820 preserved in the Bodleian Library with lyrics very similar to those used today:
<poem> Do you know the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man. Do you know the muffin man, That lives in Drury Lane?</poem>
Victorian households had many of their fresh foods delivered; muffins would be delivered door-to-door by a muffin man. The "muffin" in question was the bread product known in much of the English-speaking world today as muffins, not the much sweeter cupcake-shaped American variety.
The rhyme and game appear to have spread to other countries in the mid-nineteenth century, particularly the USA and the Netherlands. As with many traditional songs, there are regional variations in wording. Another popular version substitutes "Dorset Lane" for Drury Lane.
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Genres: Biography, Drama,[Joe] Do you know the Muffin Man? That's the best question we've had all day! "Do we know the Muffin Man?"
[Kevin & Joe] I wish
[Kevin] That lives on Dreery Lane?
[Joe] I know--
[Nick] Dreery lane?
[Kevin] That lives on Dreery lane.
I know the Muffin Man
I know the Muffin Man
I'm the only one knows him
Knows him
Knows him
He lives on my street
Wassup?
Muffin man
[Joe] I wonder if the Muffin Man is a girl
[Kevin] Like the muffin woman--
[Joe] Like, Oh, Yeah, of course he has a girl! *fake laughs*
[Nick] *laughs*
[Kevin] No, he didn't saya girl. He said grill as in teeth grill.
[Joe] Well, then he does. Because he has a muffin grill! Put the muffin on the--
[Nick] It's not a muffin grill. It's a grill. It's a--