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Jane Taylor
title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star text: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in "Rhymes for the Nursery", a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann. It is sung to the tune of the French melody "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman", which was published in 1761 and later arranged by several composers including Mozart with Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman". The English lyrics have five stanzas, although only the first is widely title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star text: known. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7666. This song is usually performed in the key of C major. The song is in the public domain, and has many adaptations around the world. The English lyrics were first written as a poem by Jane Taylor (1783–1824) and published with the title "The Star" in "Rhymes for the Nursery" by Jane and her sister Ann Taylor (1782–1866) in London in 1806: The lyrics from "The Star" were first published with the tune in "The Singing Master: First Class Tune Book" in 1838. Although before, when it was just title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star text: upon an earth and so forth. As of December 2018, a version of the songs uploaded to YouTube by the channel "Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs" has received over 1.0 billion views. A version using synonyms from Roget's Thesaurus exists. The song can also be played as a singing game. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in "Rhymes for the Nursery", a collection of poems by Taylor title: Jane Taylor (poet) text: Jane Taylor (poet) Jane Taylor (23 September 178313 April 1824) was an English poet and novelist. She wrote the words to the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", which is known worldwide, but its authorship generally forgotten. The sisters, Jane and Ann Taylor and their authorship of various works have often been confused, in part because their early works were published together. Ann Taylor's son, Josiah Gilbert, wrote in her biography, "Two little poems – 'My Mother,' and 'Twinkle, twinkle, little Star' – are perhaps, more frequently quoted than any; the first, a lyric of life, was by Ann, the second, title: English folk music text: record we have of many classic rhymes. These rhymes seem to have come from a variety of sources, including traditional riddles, proverbs, ballads, lines of Mummers' plays, drinking songs, historical events, and, it has been suggested, ancient pagan rituals. Roughly half of the current body recognised 'traditional' English rhymes were known by the mid-18th century. From this period we sometimes know the origins and authors of rhymes, like 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', which combined an 18th-century French tune with a poem by English writer Jane Taylor and 'Mary Had a Little Lamb', written by Sarah Josepha Hale of Boston in