The Muffin Man is 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 Who lives in Drury Lane?</poem> Victorian households had many of their fresh foods delivered, such as muffins, which were delivered door-to-door by a muffin man. The "muffin" in question was the bread product known in the United States as English muffins, not the much sweeter cupcake-shaped American variety. Drury Lane is a thoroughfare bordering Covent Garden in London. The rhyme and game appear to have spread to
One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) scene with multiple visual clues to the lyrics. The group Death by Chocolate (band) included the song "Magpie" on their 2001 Album "Death By Chocolate", with lyrics containing the rhyme. Finnish melodic death metal band Insomnium's 2011 album "One for Sorrow" is named for the rhyme. The album's liner notes contain a variation of the rhyme: "One for sorrow / two for luck / three for a wedding / four for death / five for silver / six for gold / seven for a secret / not to be told / eight for heaven / nine for hell / ten