[Sca-cooks] Query re. The Muffin Man!! (OOP OT)

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In a message dated 11/8/01 10:04:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
gleep001 at hotmail.com writes:

<< Can anyone advise where this comes from? - It is a children's nursery rhyme
 or perhaps a US based commercial jingle?

 Help!

 Mari
 (Muffin'd out!)

 Lord Farquaad: Tell me where the creatures are!
 Gingerbread Man: All right, I'll tell you. Do you know the muffin man?
 Lord Farquaad: The muffin man?
 Gingerbread Man: The muffin man.
 Lord Farquaad: Why yes, I know the muffin man. The one who lives on Drury
 Lane?
  >>

Its a nursery rhyme.

Do you know the muffin man
The muffin man
The muffin man
Do you know the muffin man
Who lives on Durey Lane

Its traditionally sung

Misha