Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - wikipedia Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star This article is about Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. For the same nursery rhyme, see Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. For the 2010 Indian film, see Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ( film ). `` Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star '' Sheet music Nursery rhyme Published 1806 Lyricist ( s ) Ann Taylor `` 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. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Other text versions 3 See also 4 Notes 5 External links 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 : Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ( tune ) Tune for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Problems playing this file ? See media help. 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, through the night. Then the traveller in the dark Thanks you for your tiny spark ; He could not see where 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 traveller in the dark, Though I know not what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star. The lyrics from `` The Star '' were first published with the tune in The Singing Master : First Class Tune Book in 1838. Other text versions sheet music from Song Stories for the Kindergarten Play ( help info ) Additional variations exist such as from 1896 in Song Stories for the Kindergarten by Mildred J. Hill. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How we wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the glorious sun has set, And the grass with dew is wet, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. When the golden sun doth rise, Fills with shining light the skies, Then you fade away from sight, Shine no more ' till comes the night. A parody of `` Twinkle Twinkle Little Star '' titled `` Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat '' was recited by the Mad Hatter in chapter seven of Lewis Carroll 's Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland. An adaptation of the song, named `` Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Earth '', was written by Charles Randolph Grean, Fred Hertz and Leonard Nimoy. It is included on Nimoy 's first 1967 album Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock 's Music From Outer Space, with him reciting the text as Spock explaining how the star - people wish upon an earth and so forth. A version using synonyms from Roget 's Thesaurus exists. See also `` Ah ! vous dirai - je, maman '' `` Alphabet song '' `` Baa, Baa, Black Sheep '' Twinkling Are you sleeping Notes Jump up ^ `` LISTSERV 15.5 - OPERA - L Archives ''. listserv.bccls.org. Jump up ^ `` Children 's Public Domain Song List - PD Info ''. www.pdinfo.com. Jump up ^ `` Twinkle twinkle little rip - off : the dark secrets of the world 's most recognisable tune ''. ^ Jump up to : M. Cryer, Love Me Tender : The Stories Behind the World 's Best - loved Songs ( Frances Lincoln, 2009 ), pp. 83 -- 5. Jump up ^ I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes ( Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997 ), pp. 397 -- 8. ^ Jump up to : Mildred J. Hill ( 26 July 1896 ). `` Song Stories for the Kindergarten '' -- via Internet Archive. Jump up ^ Gardner, Martin ( 1998 ). The Annotated Alice. Random House. p. 98. ISBN 978 - 0 - 517 - 18920 - 7. Jump up ^ `` Twinkle twinkle little star ''. Jump up ^ G. Hughes, A history of English words ( Wiley - Blackwell, 2000 ), p. 40. External links Wikisource has original text related to this article : Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Wikimedia Commons has media related to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Lullabies of Europe / Languages from the Cradle Dead Link ! A European Union, government - funded education project to collect lullabies ( in their native language ) from across Europe - includes samples in seven languages. 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Question: who wrote the tune to twinkle twinkle little star
Answer: the French melody Ah! vous dirai-je, maman