by Jane Taylor (1783 - 1824)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Language: English
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what thou 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. When the trav’ller 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 close your eye, ‘Till the sun is in the sky. As your bright and tiny spark Lights the trav’ller in the dark, Though I know now what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
See also Lewis Carroll's parody, Twinkle, twinkle, little bat.
Authorship:
- by Jane Taylor (1783 - 1824) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012), "Twinkle, twinkle, little star", 2004 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Songs before sleep, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-10
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Word count: 119