Wee Willie Winkie is the six-year-old son of the Colonel, and much loved by all in the regiment. He is subject to military discipline, but breaks bounds on his pony to follow a young woman who is riding - very rashly - into tribal territory. Wee Willie Winkie is an English Adventure Children's Literature short story by British Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in 1896. Liked this Story? Wee Willie Winkie Rudyard Kipling "An officer and a gentleman." Wee Willie Winkie is quite an interesting mix of a film, combining the seemingly disparate talents of Rudyard Kipling, John Ford, and Shirley Temple in one film. The very British Mr. Kipling and the very Irish Mr. Ford is odd enough right there. "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. Wee Willie Winkie. "Wee Willie Winkie" is a nursery rhyme original from the Scotland written by William Miller. The lyrics were published for the first time in the Scottish poetry and song anthology " Whistle-binkie" in 1841. An English version only appeared in 1844. vgOMG.