TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR.

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.)

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