Wee Willie Winkie | Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video
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Historical Background:\r
With Scottish origins, the extended version of Wee Willie Winkie was authored by William Miller (1810 -- 1872), and first published in 1841 in Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside. It is suggested that Miller used the first verse as a starting point and then wrote additional verses. The first verse was published in Nursery Rhymes, Tales and Jingles, published in 1844, and The Cries of Banbury and London, which is believed to have appeared earlier. Although the charer Wee Willie Winkie is widely known as a personification for sleep, the charer has also been linked to William İ, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland during the seventeenth century. Seen in Jacobite songs, Willie Winkie was a nickname for William. According to Robert L. Ripley, the rhyme is about that king.\r
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Wee Willie Winkie lyrics:\r
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,\r
Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;\r
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,\r
Are the children in their beds?\r
Now its eight oclock.\r
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Historical Background:\r
With Scottish origins, the extended version of Wee Willie Winkie was authored by William Miller (1810 -- 1872), and first published in 1841 in Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside. It is suggested that Miller used the first verse as a starting point and then wrote additional verses. The first verse was published in Nursery Rhymes, Tales and Jingles, published in 1844, and The Cries of Banbury and London, which is believed to have appeared earlier. Although the charer Wee Willie Winkie is widely known as a personification for sleep, the charer has also been linked to William İ, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland during the seventeenth century. Seen in Jacobite songs, Willie Winkie was a nickname for William. According to Robert L. Ripley, the rhyme is about that king.\r
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Looking for lyrics? Turn on closed captions to sing along!\r
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Big thanks to all of our fans out there, big and small!\r
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Traditional lyrics. Original music by Sockeye Media LLC © new. All rights reserved.\r
\r
Wee Willie Winkie lyrics:\r
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,\r
Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;\r
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,\r
Are the children in their beds?\r
Now its eight oclock.\r
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For other versions of this song: