Wee Willie Winkie is a Scottish nursery rhyme written by William Miller and first published in 1841. The title character, a personification of sleep, has become popular the world over, but the poems origin or meaning is unknown.

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• In Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes, Baby Kermit takes on the role of Wee Willie, peering in on a sleeping Baby Fozzie, Baby Gonzo and Baby Piggy.

• The Muppet Babies take on the story once again in the Big Book of Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales.

• In a Sesame Street puzzle, Ernie takes the place of Wee Willie Winkie. The image was later used in the 2008 book Storybook ABCs.