Lyricist(s) Ann Taylor | Originally published 1806 | |
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Twinkle twinkle little star lyrics with song
"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.
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- Twinkle twinkle little star lyrics with song
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- Lyrics
- Other text versions
- References
The song is in the public domain, and has many adaptations around the world.
Twinkle twinkle little star youtube kids songs video kids nursery songs
Lyrics
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:
The lyrics from "The Star" were first published with the tune in The Singing Master: First Class Tune Book in 1838.
Other text versions
Additional variations exist such as from 1896 in Song Stories for the Kindergarten by Mildred J. Hill.
An adaptation of the song, named "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Earth", was written by Charles Randolph Grean, Fred Hertz and Leonard Nimoy (Nimoy recites the text as Spock explaining how the star-people wish upon an earth and so forth). It is included on his first 1967 album Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space.
A version using synonyms from Roget's Thesaurus exists.