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Ever wondered about the history of the nursery rhyme Wee Willie Winkie. In this video we explore the origin of the rhyme, the sad tale of the author and the ...
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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".
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.
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"Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme, whose titular figure has become popular the world over as a personification of sleep. The poem, written by W...
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Aug 14, 2022 · THIS week sees the 150th anniversary of the death of a Scottish poet whose greatest work is known by children all around the world yet whose name is probably hardly familiar to most Scots. William Miller was the Glaswegian who penned the immortal poem Wee Willie Winkie and who became known as the Laureate of the Nursery for this and other poems ...
- Hamish Macpherson
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.
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“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,
