midnight
`` This is a queer time to make a call ! '' he grumbled . `` I do n't like to be disturbed in broad daylight . I supposed everybody knew that midnight is the proper time for a visit . '' `` But I 'm always asleep then , '' Jolly Robin objected , `` unless it 's a moonlight night and you happen to be singing on my side of the woods . '' Willie Whip-poor-will looked almost pleasant when Jolly said that . `` So you stay awake to hear me ! ''