Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Where Jane Taylor was when she wrote the lyric is contested, with the localities of Colchester and Chipping Ongar each asserting a claim.

However, Ann Taylor writes (in The Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert) that the first time Jane ever saw the village of Ongar was in 1810, and the poem had been published in 1806.

"In the summer of 1810, Jane, when visiting London, had enjoyed a pic-nic excursion in Epping Forest, and observed on a sign post at one of the turnings, 'To Ongar.'

"[3] The English lyrics were written as a poem by Jane Taylor (1783–1824)[4] and published with the title "The Star" in Rhymes for the Nursery by Jane and her sister Ann Taylor (1782–1866) in London in 1806:[5] Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!

vous dirai-je, maman" in The Singing Master: First Class Tune Book in 1838.

Pretty little twinkling star, How I wonder what you are; All above the earth so high, Like a diamond in the sky.

[8] The opening lyrics are also used to begin the traditional murder ballad "Duncan and Brady."