{"id":42043,"date":"2024-04-28T14:56:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T12:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbfa2028-83b7-4d53-b0a8-073c457b139c"},"modified":"2024-04-29T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:40:03","slug":"twinkle-twinkle-little-star-what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-much-loved-lullaby","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/twinkle-twinkle-little-star-what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-much-loved-lullaby\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’: what are the lyrics to the much-loved lullaby?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Sunday, 28 April 2024 at 12:56 PM<\/p>

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One of the best-loved lullabies, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star<\/em> has its origins in an early-19th-century English poem, The Star<\/em>, written by\u00a0Jane Taylor<\/a>.\u00a0This hugely popular nursery rhyme has no fewer than five verses, although only the first verse is well known. Here are the lyrics in full. <\/p>

What are the lyrics to ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’?<\/h2>

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.<\/p>

When the blazing sun is gone,When he nothing shines upon,Then you show your little light,Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.<\/p>

Then 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.<\/p>

In the dark blue sky you keep,And often thro’ my curtains peep,For you never shut your eye,Till the sun is in the sky.<\/p>

‘Tis your bright and tiny spark,Lights the trav’ller in the dark:Tho’ I know not what you are,Twinkle, twinkle, little star.<\/p>