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"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Lyrics, Text Format

Introducing the ascending perfect fifth, Do/So (P5).
Same melody as "Alphabet Song" and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."

Description

Grade: Kindergarten
Origin: England/France - Lullaby*
Key: C Major
Time: 4/4
Form: ABCCAB
Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La
Intervals: beginners: Do/So
Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter; ending a phrase on the second (Re), stepping down from the sixth to the tonic (La-Do)
Key Words: world geography: England, France; lullaby, stars, sky, twinkle, wonder, blazing, sun, shines, traveler, tiny, wonder, spark, dark, blue, curtains, peep, shut, eye, sun

*First published in 1806 as the poem "The Star." The tune is from a french melody "Ah! vous diral-je, Maman," later arranged by W. A. Mozart in a set of variations for piano; K 265/300e.

**"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"**

	1.	Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.

	2.	When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.

	3.	Then the traveler in the dark, Thanks you for your tiny spark, He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.

	4.	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. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.