The Alphabet Song (published in 1835) and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (published in 1806) have the same tune. I guess it was just too hard to make up something original. In fact, if you take it even further, Twinkle stole the tune from the French poem "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman" from 1761.My question is - how come the copyright fanatics aren't all over this? Hmmm? To think - this is the stuff we teach our kids. No wonder they grow up believing it's alright to steal music........
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To tell you the truth, I'd always thought Mozart wrote that tune, and people just used it for the alphabet and twinkle twinkle because everyone knew the tune. That's what i heard anyway. Mozart. :) Heidi
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