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Nursery rhyme. Language. Scots. Published. 1841. Lyricist (s) William Miller. "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.
Learn the old Scottish song about a boy who can't sleep and a man who taps at the window. Listen to the tune and sing along with the lyrics of Wee Willie Winkie.
Learn the lyrics of the nursery rhyme \"Wee Willie Winkie\", which was written by William Miller in 1841. The rhyme is about a boy who can't sleep and wakes up everyone in the town.
The rhyme has ever since become associated with children’s bedtime and is used as a lullaby. (Link to the sheet music page is at the bottom.) The original Scottish full version: Wee Willie Winkie rins through the toon, Up stairs an’ doon stairs in his nicht-gown, Tirlin’ at the window, crying at the lock,
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