<Dd> Have the (this) wish I wish tonight . </Dd> <P> The superstition of hoping for wishes granted when seeing a shooting or falling star may date back to the ancient world . Wishing on the first star seen may also predate this rhyme, which first began to be recorded in late nineteenth - century America . "Star Light, Star Bright" is also found in Madonna's 1983 single Lucky Star . The song and tradition seem to have reached Britain by the early twentieth century and have since spread worldwide . </P>

I wish i may i wish i might wish upon a star tonight