John O. (buzzby) -
On March 9, 1889, Eugene W. field created "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod." 'The little story occured to me as I was riding home on the streetcars.' he once said. Although Mr. Field had intended to write a "windmill story" when he thought of the names Wynken, Blynken and Nod he "took up with the wooden shoe". He said ' I sat up in bed and wrote out the lullaby as it now appears, with the exception that I first wrote, "'Into a sea of blue"' and this line I changed to "'Into a sea of dew."'' The original version of this poem was written on brown wrapping paper.
