莫扎最录行特是根据一首古老的欧洲的民谣（Ah,vousdirai-je,Maman）作为小星裁行星变奏曲的主题的，再根据主题写成12段变奏，原来顿减的民谣开始部分的歌词是“啊，妈妈，我要告诉你我的苦恼”，是倾诉爱慕某青年的情歌，由于其旋律简单上口，有儿歌式的特点，传唱至今加上后来的填词，就变成了小星星儿歌（Little Star）： Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are 一闪一闪亮晶晶，满天都是小星星 挂在天空放光明，好象千万小眼睛 太阳慢慢向西沉，乌鸦回家一群群 星星张着小眼睛，闪闪烁烁到天明一闪一闪亮晶晶，满天都是小星星