The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland In Dictionary Form - Volume 1

With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.

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	402	MUFFIN MAN
	Go and get your father's coat. There's a mouse. Go and get your father's watch and chain. There's a mouse. The Mother then goes to see herself. The second time she is scratched and chased. When caught she takes the Mouse's place.—Deptford, Kent (Miss Chase). This is evidently the same game as " Ghost in the Garden " and u Ghost in the Copper/' in a decaying stage. There is no raison d'etre for either mouse or cobbler. Probably these words are a corruption of the older " Ghost in the Copper."
	I. Have you seen the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man, Have you seen the muffin man that lives in Drury Lane O ? Yes, I've seen the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man ; Yes, I've seen the muffin man who lives in Drury Lane O.                —Earls Heaton, Yorks. (H. Hardy). II. O, have you seen the muffin man, The muffin man, the muffin man ; O, have you seen the muffin man Who lives in Drury Lane O ? —N.-W. Lincolnshire (Rev. — Roberts).