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?
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.
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