Playtime Nursery Rhyme

The Muffin Man

Leigha Marina Nursery Rhymes and Kids Songs, Vol. 2 • Track 23 • Album released October 28, 2022

The Muffin Man by Leigha Marina is a fun version of the classic nursery rhyme that teaches children to say please and thank you. A princess asks Bebo the penguin and his friends if they know the muffin man, but they have never heard of him. Then the muffin man arrives in penguin land with a basket of warm muffins, and the little penguins say please and thank you before they each get a treat.

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🎵 Song Lyrics

Do you know the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man
Do you know the muffin man who lives in penguin land

No we don't know the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man
Who is he this muffin man who lives in penguin land

Here he comes

Oh you must be the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man
With the basket full of warm muffins and a stand

Ah yes I am the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man
With the basket full of warm muffins and a stand

If you want a muffin now a muffin now a muffin now
You'll have to say the magic word you'll have to say now please

Can we have a muffin please
Another please
Another please
Can we have a muffin please just one each pretty please

And once you get your muffins here
You'll have to thank the muffin man
You'll have to be polite and say
You'll have to say thank you

Thank you for the muffins so
Thank you so! Thank you so
Thank you for the muffins so yes thank you very much

So now you know the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man
Now you know the muffin man who lives in penguin land

Yes now we know the muffin man the muffin man the muffin man
Yes now we know the muffin man please stay in penguin land

The Story Behind The Muffin Man

The Muffin Man is an old English nursery rhyme. It was first written down in a British manuscript from around 1820, with words very close to the ones we sing today. Back then, fresh food was often brought right to people's homes, and a muffin man walked from door to door selling muffins. These were not the sweet cupcake style muffins most kids know. They were English muffins, the kind you toast for breakfast.

In the original rhyme, the muffin man lives on Drury Lane, a street in London. The song was also a party game. One person would ask the next if they knew the muffin man, and with each answer, more players joined the chorus until everyone knew him.

Our Little Penguin Version

Leigha Marina's version first came out on YouTube in March 2019, and later became track 23 on Vol. 2. In our song, the muffin man lives in penguin land. Makaio, Okee, Bebo, Nora and Mia are running around and sliding down a snowy hill with a princess. The princess and the muffin man are humans, much taller than the little penguins.

The princess asks if they know the muffin man. The penguins look at each other with puzzled faces, because they have never heard of him, and they sing that they don't know the muffin man. Then he arrives with a basket full of warm muffins. Before anyone gets a treat, he reminds them to ask nicely. The penguins say please, get one muffin each, and then thank the muffin man. It is a fun way to practice please and thank you with little ones.

Credits

Project Director

Dalibor Menićanin

Animation

Johnny Khoi Lé
Helen Lé

Music

K. Schumacher
A. Schumacher

Illustration & Graphic Design

Dalibor Menićanin
Sonam Singh