William Miller

Monument in the Glasgow Necropolis to William Miller who wrote the famous nursery rhyme "Wee Willie Winkie". The bronze plate is now a false replica of the original, which someone stole and sold to an antique shop. I am happy to say that the original plate was recovered from the shop and it is now in storage with Glasgow City Council. Miller is actually buried in a paupers grave at Tollcross, he died at the age of 62.

Wee Willie Winkie rins through the town,

Up stairs and doon stairs in his nicht-gown,

Tirling at the window, cryin' at the lock,

Are the weans in their bed, for it's now ten o'clock?