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Wee Willie Gray

Song type: Actions, Rhymes
Language: Scots
Age group: 0-2, 3-5

How to use this song with babies

Hold your wee one close and sway to the beat of this traditional Scots song by Robert Burns.

How to use this song with toddlers

Encourage your toddler to clap along to the strong beat in this song. They might also enjoy making up actions to become Wee Willie Gray!

How to use this song with 3-5 year olds

Sharing the Scots language in this song creates a fun opportunity for word play and developing vocabulary around the natural world.

Wee Willie Gray lyrics

Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet,

Peel a willow wand to be him boots and jacket,

The rose upon the breir will be him trews an' doublet,

The rose upon the breir will be him trews an' doublet.

Wee Willie Gray, and his leather wallet,

Twice a lily-flower will be him sark and cravat;

Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet,

Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet.

Funded by Scottish Government's Gaelic and Scots Learning Directorate.