A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Nursery Jingles/LXII.
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his night gown,
Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,
'Are the babes in their beds, for now it's ten o'clock?'
The original was written in 1841 by William Miller (1810-72). Full text is at Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his night gown,
Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,
'Are the babes in their beds, for now it's ten o'clock?'