The alphabet song or ABCs is any of various songs used to teach children an alphabet. Alphabet songs typically recite the names of all letters of the alphabet of a given language in order. The ABC (Verse 1) "The ABC Song", otherwise referred to as "Now I Know My ABCs" or simply "The ABC", "ABC Song", "ABCs" or "ABC" , is one of the best-known English/French alphabet songs, and perhaps the one most frequently referred to as "The Alphabet Song", or "The Alphabet", "Alphabet Song" or "Alphabet" for short, especially in the United States and Canada. The song was first copyrighted in 1835 by the Boston-based music publisher Charles Bradlee, and given the title "The A.B.C., a German air with variations for the flute with an easy accompaniment for the piano forte". The musical arrangement was attributed to Louis Le Maire (sometimes Lemaire), an 18th-century composer. This was "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1835, by C. Bradlee, in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts", according to the Newberry Library, which also says, "The theme is that used by Mozart for his piano variations, Ah, vous dirai-je, maman." This tune is the same as the tune for "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and similar to that of "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep". Lyrics: (each line represents two measures, or eight beats) A, B, C, D, E, F, G... () H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P... (; "L, M, N, O" spoken twice as quickly as rest of rhyme) Q, R, S.../ T, U, V... (; pause between S and T, though in some variants, "and" is inserted) W... X.../ Y and(/&) Z. (; pause between X and Y, and W and X last for two beats) Now I know my ABCs. Next time, won't you sing with me? Due to the speed at which 'L, M, N, O, P' is spoken it is a common misconception among children still learning the alphabet to believe that it is in fact its own letter called 'elemenopee' (among other variations). Some have proposed teaching slower versions of the song to avoid this issue. Backwards alphabet This is a version that goes Z to A instead of A to Z. z-y-x and(/&) w v-u-t, s-r-q p-o-n-m-l-k-j i-h-g-f-e-d-c-b-a Now you know your ZYXs I bet that's not what you expected! The e-d-c-b part is as fast as the