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!
Poem lyrics:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle all the night.
Then the traveller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark.
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Through I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
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.
How I wonder what you are.
The lyrics now commonly recognized in “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” came from an English poem called “The Star,” written by Jane Taylor and first published in 1806. The French melody “Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman” provided the tune (sometimes credited to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Twelve Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman”), although the original French lyrics that tell of a young girl tormented by love were not used.
