Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Composer Traditional, Jane Taylor
Released 1806-??-??

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is an English nursery rhyme based on the melody of the 1761 French tune Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman. The lyrics come from a poem written by Jane Taylor and published in the 1806 book Rhymes For the Nursery where it was simply referred to as "The Star". In the United States, the melody line is also used to sing the alphabet.

Games

Alice In Wonderland (C64)

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Alice In Wonderland (C64)
Output - SID.svg
Arranger Unknown
Released 1985-??-??
Format SID

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is track 6 in the SID file.

Dance Aerobics (NES)

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Dance Aerobics (NES)
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Arranger Unknown
Released 1987-02-26
Length 0:43
Format NSF
Loops No


Creative Music System (DOS)

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Arranger Sim Wong Hoo
Released 1987-08-??
Length 4:15, 4:05
Format CMS
Loops No

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star exists in two different versions in the Creative Music System. The files are named Twinkle.cms and Twinkle2.cms, and they are located on Song Disk 1 and Song Disk 2 respectively. Both songs are similar and they contain simple and complex renditions of the popular nursery rhyme. The tune is played on the SAA1099 chips in the Creative Music System.

Fisher Price: I Can Remember (NES)

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Arranger Gavan Anderson
Released 1990-03-??
Format NSF
Loops Yes


Fisher Price: Perfect Fit (NES)

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Fisher Price: Perfect Fit (NES)
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Arranger Gavan Anderson Tania Smith
Released 1990-03-??
Format NSF
Loops Yes


Mickey's Safari In Letterland (NES)

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Mickey's Safari In Letterland (NES)
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Arranger Marshall Parker
Released 1990-03-??
Format NSF


Wii Music (WII)

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Wii Music (WII)
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Arranger Kenta Nagata, Tohru Minegishi, Mahito Yokota
Released 2008-10-16
Length 0:59, 0:56
Loops No

Two renditions of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star are located in /Sound/MusicShared/rp_Music_sound.brsar, but don't actually play anywhere during the game, leaving them unused.

Sheet Music

Lyrics

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 set,
And the grass with dew is wet,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

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.

Then if I were in the dark.
I would thank you for your spark;
I could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

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