'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.
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.'
I have tried many other lullabys like 'The Wheels On The Bus', 'London Bridge Is Falling Down' and my favourite 'Rock A Bye Baby' and nothing seems to work as well as this classic. Sometimes I would sing to 'The ABC Song' and occasionally to 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' as the tunes of these three songs are the same. Sometimes I would even make my own lyrics out like :'Mummy loves you ve-ry much, You will sleep tight with mum-my~'. And sometimes if I get impatient when she refuses to sleep after the same song on repeat 200 times, I would be mean and go:' Will you please knock out right now, Mum-my needs her sleep as well~'. Haha!
P.S. I only sing to the first two verses of this nursery rhyme lah. I didn't even know there is so much more behind until I wiki-ed it! And I doubt many people can sing to the whole song. Anyway it doesn't matter. I read somewhere babies at her age cannot make words out yet. So whatever lyrics you put in is blabble to her. It is the expression and tone of voice that matter when you speak to them. :D
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