Search: twinkle twinkle
Why: They have the exact same melody.
Answer: The lyrics for "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" are from a poem called "The Star" by Jane Taylor, first published in 1806. There are 5 verses, not 1.
"The Alphabet Song" was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston-based music publisher Charles Bradlee.
Both songs are to the tune of the French folk song "Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman," which was known in France since at least 1761. Mozart didn't compose it, but he did write 12 variations of the melody.
Source: Wikipedia
The More You Know: "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" also uses the same tune. The original poem was published in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book in 1744, along with "Sing a Song of Sixpence," "Ladybird Ladybird," and "Hickere, Dickere, Dock." The book also included another poem that didn't quite make it into the canon of children's rhymes that goes like this:
- Piss a Bed,
- Piss a Bed,
- Barley Butt,
- Your Bum is so heavy,
- You can't get up.
