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

                           When the blazing sun is gone
                           When he nothing shines upon
                            Then you show your little light
                            Twinkle , twinkle , all the night

                      Then the traveller in the dark
                      Thanks you for your tiny spark !
                      He could not see which way to go
                      If you did not twinkle so

                 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.
 
               As your bright and tiny spark ,
               Lights the traveller in the Dark
               Though I know not what you are
               Twinkle , Twinkle , Little  Star
 
 

                                                                                                      Originally Published 1806 as
                                                                                                         'The star ' in Rhymes for the
                                                                                                           Nursery by Jane and Ann Taylor
                                                                                                             THIS IS FOR ARCHIE ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE WORLD - SLEEP WELL LITTLE ARCHIE AND KNOW THAT WE ARE THINKING OF YOU .