Who is the Muffin Man, and does he really live on Drury Lane? Has anybody met him?
user
The Muffin Man is a famous nursery rhyme.  It's allegedly a song used to warn children about a murderer who lived on a real street in London called Drury Lane.  However, there is no proof that this is true.  It's very possible it's just about a real muffin man who sold muffins on the street or door-to-door.
assistant
Who invented this rhyme?
user
No author is credited with the invention of the Muffin Man. A manuscript from 1819 called Life High and Low, a curious tome that recounts some of the characters and ballads of the day includes a footnote about "The Dandy Muffin-Man of Drury Lane", and this prints the lyrics, much as they're still sang today.

The book tells us something about an anonymous performer closely associated with the song.
assistant