Wee Willie Winkie rins through the town, Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-gown, Tirling at the window, crying at the lock, "Are the weans in their bed, for it's now ten o'clock?" (William Miller)

Wee Willie Winkie rins through the town, Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-gown, Tirling at the window, crying at the lock, "Are the weans in their bed, for it's now ten o'clock?"

William Miller

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