ID: 219
Date: 1986 - 1990s
Title: Twinkle, twinkle
Gender: Female 
Classification: Parody 
Rhyme: 

Twinkle, twinkle little bat, 
How I wonder what you're at.
Up above the world so high, 
Like a tea tray in the sky.

(Auckland, 1986; Christchurch, 1990s)

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Background Info: Sung by the Mad Hatter in  "Alice in Wonderland", Lewis Carroll.

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The original song was composed by Jane Taylor, (1783-1824) entitled "The Star" (1806).
(Opie, 1992:398)

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Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 1 
Incidence: 2