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 man, Who lives on Drury Lane.</poem> The rhyme was first recorded in a British manuscript circa 1820, that
Muffin Man (song) The meaning of the song was never fully explained by Frank Zappa, and as such there are many interpretations. The "Muffin Man" of the song appears to be a new kind of food aficionado, one who has taken his love for muffins to a scientific and semi-religious level. He can simply be considered an incarnation of gluttony. More generally, he could represent fanaticism for a certain matter, that turns him away from other interests in life. There are some who have interpreted his loyalty to his favorite food as a parody of the repetitive bourgeois life that Zappa despised. In