Childhood
As a child it is inevitable that we are introduced to music. We are
taught in songs, one of the most popular being the ABC song published
in 1835 by Charles Bradley and various songs about brushing
teeth and washing hands. Let’s not forget the lullabies and the
more popular nursery rhymes that stick and grow with us.
How many of you have ever thought about the nursery rhymes
that we sing with our kids? Perhaps those that they learn in early
years of school, many of them have a totally different meaning
than what kids think about them.
Twinkle Twinkle
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 gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
How could he see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so?
In the dark blue sky you keep,
Often through my curtains peep
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Although many people have stated in times past that this song
was meant to be a beacon for sailors, I learned through my research
that it was actually written as a way to teach little children
about heavenly beings and being helpful to others.
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