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Twinkle twinkle

  • Twinkle twinkle little star has been around for over 200 years
  • The song twinkle twinkle little star is a combination of an English poem “The Star” and a French tune “Ah! vousĀ  dirai-je, Maman”
  • In the French tune, the original lyrics told the story of a girl telling her mother that she was being seduced by a man called “Silvandre”
  • Mozart has also used the tune of twinkle twinkle little star as inspiration for 12 variations of his own work

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