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Aug 22, 2019 · William Miller’s poem of a wee boy running ‘up stairs an’ doon stairs in his nicht-gown’ has helped children fall asleep around the world for more than 170 years.
- Alison Campsie
Aug 23, 2020 · Most of us will be familiar with the sweet children's bedtime tale 'Wee Willie Winkie', which tells the story of the hero "rinning through the toun, upstairs and doonstairs in his nicht-gown".
William Miller (August 1810 – 20 August 1872) was a Scottish poet best known for the nursery rhyme Wee Willie Winkie. [1][2][3] Miller, known as "The Laureate of the Nursery", was born in Glasgow and lived in Dennistoun, Scotland. He suffered from ill health and was unable to become a surgeon and instead took up woodturning and cabinet making.
“Hey, Willie Winkie – The wean’s in a creel! Wamblin’ aff a body’s knee Like a very eel, Ruggin’ at the cat’s lug, Rav’llin’ a’ her thrums – Hey, Willie Winkie – See, there he comes!” Wearied is the mither That has a stoorie wean, A wee stumpie stousie, That canna rin his lane. That has a battle aye wi’ sleep,
Wee Willie Winkie. "Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme whose titular figure has become popular as a personification of sleep. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13711. Scots poet William Miller (1810-1872), appears to have popularised a pre-existing nursery rhyme, adding additional verses to make up a five stanza poem.
William Miller lived from August 1810 to 20 August 1872. He was a Scottish poet best known as the author of the nursery rhyme Wee Willie Winkie and is sometimes known as "The Laureate of the Nursery". The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. William Miller was born in Glasgow and lived in Dennistoun, a ...
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1810 - 1872. William Miller. POEMS. William Miller was born in Briggate, Glasgow, in August 1810. He served an apprenticeship to a wood-turner, and became a skilled cabinet-maker, a trade which he followed for the rest of his life. He began to write poetry while still a youth, contributing to local newspapers and periodicals; the appearance of ...
