With thanks to Lewis Carroll, who wrote the first verse, and Jane Taylor, who wrote the original.
Featured species: I'm picturing a noctule (Nyctalus noctula), as the biggest bat in the UK and therefore the most like a teatray, but in Wonderland, it could just as well be a cricket bat.
lyrics
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a teatray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
When the blazing lamps are lit,
When they amber light emit,
Then you show your skill in flight,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Little trav'ller in the dark,
Shouting in your loudest bark,
You can hear which way to go,
If you always listen so.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
In the dark blue sky you host
Tea and cakes and jam and toast,
And if beetles do attend,
Down the teatray does descend.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Such a bright and tiny spark,
Little trav'ller in the dark,
Tho' I know not what you're at,
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
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