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Paired with a movement game where scouts are chosen one by one to join the center, singing each verse until all are inside.

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This song is paired with a movement game where one scout starts in the center of a circle. They choose someone in the circle and sing the first verse to them. That scout replies with the second verse and joins the center. Together, they sing the third verse. The game repeats until all scouts are in the center, ending with “All of us know the muffin man.

Printable Music

• See pg. 44 of The Brownie Book

Recordings

• YouTube – Doggyland
• YouTube – Super Simple Songs

Lyrics

Oh, do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,
Oh, do you know the muffin man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Yes, I know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,
Yes, I know the muffin man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Two of us know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,
Two of us know the muffin man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Increase the number in verse three until all are chosen and end with:
All of us know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,
All of us know the muffin man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Variations

Oh, do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,
Oh, do you know the muffin man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Yes, I know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,
Yes, I know the muffin man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Oh, do you know the ice cream man, the ice cream man, the ice cream man,
Oh, do you know the ice cream man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Yes, I know the ice cream man, the ice cream man, the ice cream man,
Yes, I know the ice cream man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Oh, do you know the fruit stand man, the fruit stand man, the fruit stand man,
Oh, do you know the fruit stand man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Yes, I know the fruit stand man, the fruit stand man, the fruit stand man,
Yes, I know the fruit stand man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Oh, do you know the mailman, the mailman, the mailman,
Oh, do you know the mailman, That lives in Drury Lane.

Yes, I know the mailman, the mailman, the mailman,
Yes, I know the mailman, That lives in Drury Lane.

Oh, do you know the pizza man, the pizza man, the pizza man,
Oh, do you know the pizza man, That lives in Drury Lane.

Yes, I know the pizza man, the pizza man, the pizza man,
Yes, I know the pizza man, That lives in Drury Lane.

History

First documented in an 1820 manuscript, “The Muffin Man” is a traditional English nursery rhyme that reflects the daily life of Victorian London. Drury Lane, the location cited in the lyrics, was a real trade center where street vendors sold muffins door-to-door. In 1922, the song was included on page 44 of The Brownie Book as a game.

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• The Brownie Book: A Manual for Leaders of Junior Girl Scouts. United States of America, Girl Scouts, Inc., 1922. pp. 44-45.
• Opie, Iona, and Peter Opie, editors. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 176–177.

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