Twinkle Twinkle Little Star How I Wonder WHAT You Are

Did you know that W. A. Mozart is often credited with writing this popular tune? In fact he did not write this tune at all. The original tune is a French song titled "Ah vous dirai-je maman" and is anything but a children's song. In the original song a daughter tells her mother about how she was seduced. Mozart did set this tune to twelve variations (K.265) around 1782. He is not the only composer to compose a setting of this tune but perhaps since he is the most popular, that is why everyone gives him credit for writing the song.