| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Willie Winkie |
| | | William Miller (1810–72) |
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| WEE Willie Winkie rins through the town, | |
| Up stairs and doon stairs, in his nicht-gown, | |
| Tirlin’ at the window, cryin’ at the lock, | |
| “Are the weans in their bed?—for it ’s now ten o’clock.” | |
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| Hey, Willie Winkie! are ye comin’ ben? | 5 |
| The cat ’s singin’ gay thrums to the sleepin’ hen, | |
| The doug ’s spelder’d on the floor, and disna gie a cheep; | |
| But here ’s a waukrife laddie, that winna fa’ asleep. | |
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| Ony thing but sleep, ye rogue!—glow’rin’ like the moon, | |
| Rattlin’ in an airn jug wi’ an airn spoon, | 10 |
| Rumblin’, tumblin’ roun’ about, crawin’ like a cock, | |
| Skirlin’ like a kenna-what—wauknin’ sleep-in’ folk! | |
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| Hey, Willie Winkie! the wean ’s in a creel! | |
| Waumblin’ aff a bodie’s knee like a vera eel, | |
| Ruggin’ at the cat’s lug, and ravellin’ a’ her thrums: | 15 |
| Hey, Willie Winkie!—See, there he comes! | |
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