Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Answer 1

omg yeah! or at least it's very similar - never realised that before.....hahaha.

Answer 2

Yes they do!!! I only actually figured that out a couple months ago when I was doing a "How stupid are you?" quiz. You had to say yes or no to the statements...and one of them was: "You didn't know that twinkle twinkle little star and the alphabet song have the same tune"...I put yes cuz I actually didn't know that. And then the next one was, "You just sang them." I put yes to that too cuz I actually did sing them. I got rated pretty stupid on the quiz....well anyway, that's how I found out that they DO have the same tune :)

Answer 3

Yes. Never noticed that, thanks for this fun question!
WOW!!!!
This turned out to be a fascinating question.

Look at this:
"Many songs in various languages have been based on the French original, "Ah ! vous dirai-je, Maman". In English, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" shares its melody with the "Alphabet Song" from 1834, and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".

Several famous classical compositions have been inspired by the tune:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Theme and Variations (K265)
Camille Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals, 12th movement (Fossiles) quotes the tune
Ernő Dohnányi, Variations on a Nursery Tune
Erwin Schulhoff, Ten Variations on 'Ah! vous dirai-je, maman' and Fugue
John Corigliano, The Mannheim Rocket

This seems to be the first version on which Mozart based his themes. It's an old French nursery rhyme:
French lyrics
Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman,
Ce qui cause mon tourment.
Papa veut que je raisonne,
Comme une grande personne.
Moi, je dis que les bonbons
Valent mieux que la raison.

AND JUST FOR MORE FUN:
WHO'D HAVE GUESSED THAT TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR HAD ALL THESE LYRICS?:

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!

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Then the traveler in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
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.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

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!

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And while we're here:
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.

One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.

One to mend the jerseys
one to mend the socks
and one to mend the holes in
the little girls' frocks.

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.

Answer 4

Yes they both have the same tune! I never realized this before, and where in the world do you get all of your questions? LOL!

Answer 5

Yes.

Answer 6

Do you know, that's the first time I've actually thought about it (probably 'cos it's not 'the' 1st thing a person 'would' think about - lol), but you're right.........
Have a star for showing me 'something new' :)

Answer 7

That version does yes.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Yes, and cant you sing it for yourself rather than ask us? Do you just like asking questions?