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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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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.
"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 · 150th anniversary to be celebrated of Scots poet who wrote Wee Willie Winkie. 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 ...
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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.
