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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star is a popular
English lullaby. The lyrics are from an
early-19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, The Star. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes
for the Nursery, a collection of poems by
Taylor and her sister Ann. It is sung
to the tune of the French melody Ah!
vous dirai-je, maman, which was published in
1761 and later arranged by several composers including Mozart with Twelve Variations on "Ah vous
dirai-je, Maman". The English lyrics have
five stanzas, although only the first
is widely known. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7666. This song is usually performed in the key
of C major.

The
song is in the public domain, and has many
adaptations around the world.

Origins

The
English lyrics were first written as a poem by Jane Taylor (1783–1824) and published with the title "The
Star" in Rhymes for the Nursery by Jane and her
sister Ann Taylor (1782–1866) in
London in 1806:

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are,

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky,

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.





When this blazing sun is gone,

When he nothing shines upon,

Then you show your little light,

Twinkle, twinkle through the night,

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.





Then the traveller in the dark,

Thanks you for your tiny spark,

He could not see where go,

If you did not twinkle so,

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.





In the dark blue sky you keep,

And through my curtains you peep,

For you never shut your eye,

Till the sun is in the sky,

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.





Your bright and tiny spark,

Lights the traveller in the dark,

Though I know not what you are,

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

The
lyrics from "The Star" were first published with the tune in The
Singing Master: First Class Tune Book in 1838. Although before,
when it was just a folk song, there were only 4 verses