Wee Willie Winkie

"Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme. The main character in the rhyme is well-known as a personification of sleep. The poem was written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", first published in "Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside" in 1841. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13711.
Lyrics.
The original text of 1841 in Scots, and a paraphrased version for English-language readers (from 1844) are below:
Origins and meaning.
The poem was written by William Miller (1810–1872), first printed in "Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside" in 1841 and re-printed in "Whistle-Binkie; a Collection of Songs for the Social Circle" published in 1873. In Jacobite songs Willie Winkie referred to King William III of England, one example being "The Last Will and Testament of Willie winkie" but it seems likely that Miller was simply using the name rather than writing a Jacobite satire.
Such was the popularity of Wee Willie Winkie that the character has become one of several bedtime entities such as the Sandman, Ole Lukøje of Scandinavia, Klaas Vaak of the Netherlands, Dormette of France and Billy Winker in Lancashire.