Carrying on from yesterday's NOTES & QUERIES POST, I thought I'd bring you more about that infamous little star, Twinkle.
One of the most popular of ENGLISH NURSERY RHYMES and a personal favourite of mine, the lyrics of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star actually come from a poem 'The Star' which, written in COUPLET form by JANE TAYLOR,was first published in 1806.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
Repeat:*
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!*
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
(*repeat)
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.
(*repeat)
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.
(*repeat)
As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark,—
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
(*repeat.)
Written for the Freeview meme as hosted by Cara at OOH .... BOOKS!
15 comments:
I never knew this. I'm learning a lot here. Thanks for this.
All the best
Boonsong
Hi PW
I am so happy to be here. thanks for taking time to say hello. and my post is ready too. I may take a while before I hit my normal schedule-pending work
I don't guess I ever knew this little rhyme had all these other verses!
I'm so glad you so all this research for me!
I love Twinkle, Twinkle -- I remember being taught it by my mom and now I am teaching it to my daughter. Truly special memories.
:-)
That's so cool. I never knew that. Somewhere along the way, someone attached those lines to the ABC song and we have Twinkle, the most famous star. Wonderful. I really like the full poem. I'll never hear that song the same.
I never new that Twinkle Twinkle had all those verses!!!
xxxx
Ohhh, I never knew the other verses either, thanks so much!!!
You are obsessed!
I haven't been doing FreeVerse for a while -- hope to get back to it next week.
I didn't know that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star had more than the first verse, either!
Since the poem mentions traveler, I wonder if they were talking to the North Star?
I never heard of the other verses before ... I love them!!
And did you know that the "song" version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is the same song as the ABC song and BAA BAA Black Sheep? I never knew this or recognized it until I found out recently.
I didn't know that! I seemed to have known the first verse forever, but never the others. So amazing to figure out what it originated from!
I didn't know there were any more verses to Twinkle, Twinkle. I'm learning a lot from reading your blog.
This is one of my favourite too!!
Never thought about all this stuff like origin and extended verses...
Wow!!Amazing piece of info here!!
Loved it :)
Nice poem! Love it! Thanks for the info. :)
Hugs
B xx
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