The Muffin Man book have been sung. For example, the song may be concluded, "We all know the Muffin Man ..." The Muffin Man "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 on Drury Lane? Yes [or "Oh, yes"], I know the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man, Yes, I know the muffin
Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) theories. Complicated metaphors are often said to exist within the lyrics, as is common with nursery rhyme exegesis. Most explanations post-date the first publication of the rhyme and have no corroborating evidence. These include the suggestion by S. Baring-Gould in the 19th century that the rhyme is related to a narrative in the 13th-century "Prose Edda" section "Gylfaginning" composed by Icelander Snorri Sturluson. In "Gylfaginning", Hjúki and Bil, brother and sister respectively in Norse mythology, were taken up from the earth by the moon (personified as the god Máni) as they were fetching water from the well called Byrgir, bearing