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Wee Willie Winkie

"Wee Willie Winkie"
1940 American WPA poster using Wee Willie Winkie to promote children's libraries
Nursery rhyme
LanguageScots
Published1841
Lyricist(s)William Miller

"Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme. The main character in the rhyme is well-known as a personification of sleep. The poem was written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", first published in Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside in 1841.[1][2][3] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13711.

  1. Cunningham, Valentine (14 April 2000). The Victorians. ISBN 9780631199168. Retrieved 3 May 2013 – via Google Books.
  2. "William Miller". Scottish-places.info. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. "Dennistoun online". Dennistoun.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

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