Wee Willie Winkie

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Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town — the full words of the Scottish bedtime rhyme, and who he is knocking for.

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown,

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown,

Tapping at the window, crying at the lock, «Are the children in their beds?

Tapping at the window, crying at the lock, «Are the children in their beds? For it's now eight o'clock.»

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Text source: Traditional Scottish nursery rhyme by William Miller (1841), public domain. Given here in the anglicised version usually printed for children; only the afterword is ours. www.gutenberg.org

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