Muffin Man
Street vendor (rhyme)
The Muffin Man is a figure from an English nursery rhyme, known for the repetitive question-and-answer verse: Do you know the Muffin Man who lives on Drury Lane?
The rhyme dates to the early nineteenth century, when muffin men were street vendors who sold door-to-door.
The character occasionally appears in popular culture, most notably in the animated film *Shrek*.
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
- nurseryRoom for infants
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- children's songMusic for young ones
- bakerOne who makes bread
Drury Lane · pastry · blueberry · breakfast · early morning · know · him · song · children · oven · baking · baking tin · street · vendor · cupcake · dough · apron · morning
- nursery rhymeslullabies, Little Jack Horner, cradle songs, Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhymes
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cultural recognizability in nursery rhymes
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Fairy tale canine villain
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