Are “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and “Itsy Bitsy Spider” the same song?

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I noticed when my baby sisters are listening to a certain melody, I start singing Itsy Bitsy Spider or Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. This makes me wonder if they are the same melody with different lyrics.



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    I'd be interested to hear the piece of music that you're describing, because I cannot correlate the two melodies in my head. Among other differences, Itsy Bitsy Spider is a swing rhythm, wheras Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is straight. I cannot understand how they can be confused. Please link to the melody that made you think of both songs, if possible.
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I noticed when my baby sisters are listening to a certain melody, I start singing Itsy Bitsy Spider or Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. This makes me wonder if they are the same melody with different lyrics.



Are they the same song?






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    I'd be interested to hear the piece of music that you're describing, because I cannot correlate the two melodies in my head. Among other differences, Itsy Bitsy Spider is a swing rhythm, wheras Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is straight. I cannot understand how they can be confused. Please link to the melody that made you think of both songs, if possible.
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Are they the same song?






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I noticed when my baby sisters are listening to a certain melody, I start singing Itsy Bitsy Spider or Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. This makes me wonder if they are the same melody with different lyrics.



Are they the same song?






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  • 2




    I'd be interested to hear the piece of music that you're describing, because I cannot correlate the two melodies in my head. Among other differences, Itsy Bitsy Spider is a swing rhythm, wheras Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is straight. I cannot understand how they can be confused. Please link to the melody that made you think of both songs, if possible.
    – Doctor Jones
    2 hours ago










  • Whomst made a nursery-rhymes tag just for me?
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    I'd be interested to hear the piece of music that you're describing, because I cannot correlate the two melodies in my head. Among other differences, Itsy Bitsy Spider is a swing rhythm, wheras Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is straight. I cannot understand how they can be confused. Please link to the melody that made you think of both songs, if possible.
    – Doctor Jones
    2 hours ago










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I'd be interested to hear the piece of music that you're describing, because I cannot correlate the two melodies in my head. Among other differences, Itsy Bitsy Spider is a swing rhythm, wheras Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is straight. I cannot understand how they can be confused. Please link to the melody that made you think of both songs, if possible.
– Doctor Jones
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I'd be interested to hear the piece of music that you're describing, because I cannot correlate the two melodies in my head. Among other differences, Itsy Bitsy Spider is a swing rhythm, wheras Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is straight. I cannot understand how they can be confused. Please link to the melody that made you think of both songs, if possible.
– Doctor Jones
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No. They are both simple melodies, but they're different.



This is Twinkle - Twinkle Little Star:



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This is The Itsy Bitsy Spider:



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  • This question reminded me of something, so I went on a hunt... the movie Heartburn, 1986 - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon I'd forgotten just how good a song that was.
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    On a related note, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is basically the same melody as "Baa baa, black sheep", both of which are based on an 18th century French song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vous_dirai-je,_maman
    – Guy G
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    @GuyG as well as the alphabet / "ABC" song, at least the version I've always heard here in the US.
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No. They are both simple melodies, but they're different.



This is Twinkle - Twinkle Little Star:



enter image description here



This is The Itsy Bitsy Spider:



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  • This question reminded me of something, so I went on a hunt... the movie Heartburn, 1986 - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon I'd forgotten just how good a song that was.
    – Tetsujin
    5 hours ago






  • 1




    On a related note, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is basically the same melody as "Baa baa, black sheep", both of which are based on an 18th century French song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vous_dirai-je,_maman
    – Guy G
    3 hours ago






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    @GuyG as well as the alphabet / "ABC" song, at least the version I've always heard here in the US.
    – sǝɯɐſ
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up vote
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No. They are both simple melodies, but they're different.



This is Twinkle - Twinkle Little Star:



enter image description here



This is The Itsy Bitsy Spider:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer






















  • This question reminded me of something, so I went on a hunt... the movie Heartburn, 1986 - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon I'd forgotten just how good a song that was.
    – Tetsujin
    5 hours ago






  • 1




    On a related note, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is basically the same melody as "Baa baa, black sheep", both of which are based on an 18th century French song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vous_dirai-je,_maman
    – Guy G
    3 hours ago






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    @GuyG as well as the alphabet / "ABC" song, at least the version I've always heard here in the US.
    – sǝɯɐſ
    1 hour ago












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No. They are both simple melodies, but they're different.



This is Twinkle - Twinkle Little Star:



enter image description here



This is The Itsy Bitsy Spider:



enter image description here






share|improve this answer














No. They are both simple melodies, but they're different.



This is Twinkle - Twinkle Little Star:



enter image description here



This is The Itsy Bitsy Spider:



enter image description here







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  • This question reminded me of something, so I went on a hunt... the movie Heartburn, 1986 - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon I'd forgotten just how good a song that was.
    – Tetsujin
    5 hours ago






  • 1




    On a related note, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is basically the same melody as "Baa baa, black sheep", both of which are based on an 18th century French song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vous_dirai-je,_maman
    – Guy G
    3 hours ago






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    @GuyG as well as the alphabet / "ABC" song, at least the version I've always heard here in the US.
    – sǝɯɐſ
    1 hour ago
















  • This question reminded me of something, so I went on a hunt... the movie Heartburn, 1986 - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon I'd forgotten just how good a song that was.
    – Tetsujin
    5 hours ago






  • 1




    On a related note, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is basically the same melody as "Baa baa, black sheep", both of which are based on an 18th century French song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vous_dirai-je,_maman
    – Guy G
    3 hours ago






  • 2




    @GuyG as well as the alphabet / "ABC" song, at least the version I've always heard here in the US.
    – sǝɯɐſ
    1 hour ago















This question reminded me of something, so I went on a hunt... the movie Heartburn, 1986 - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon I'd forgotten just how good a song that was.
– Tetsujin
5 hours ago




This question reminded me of something, so I went on a hunt... the movie Heartburn, 1986 - Coming Around Again / Itsy Bitsy Spider - Carly Simon I'd forgotten just how good a song that was.
– Tetsujin
5 hours ago




1




1




On a related note, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is basically the same melody as "Baa baa, black sheep", both of which are based on an 18th century French song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vous_dirai-je,_maman
– Guy G
3 hours ago




On a related note, "Twinkle twinkle, little star" is basically the same melody as "Baa baa, black sheep", both of which are based on an 18th century French song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vous_dirai-je,_maman
– Guy G
3 hours ago




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@GuyG as well as the alphabet / "ABC" song, at least the version I've always heard here in the US.
– sǝɯɐſ
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@GuyG as well as the alphabet / "ABC" song, at least the version I've always heard here in the US.
– sǝɯɐſ
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