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 poem's origin or meaning is unknown.
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- Grover features in the rhyme as presented in The Sesame Street Storybook Alphabet.
- 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.
- Mother Goose Stories used the rhyme as inspiration for an episode of the series telling the story of Willie Winkie.