Five Little Monkeys

"Five Little Monkeys" is an English-language nursery rhyme, children's song, folk song and fingerplay of American origin. It is usually accompanied by a sequence of gestures that mimic the words of the song. Each successive verse sequentially counts down from the starting number.

The most common version of the song has a similar tune to the Austrian folk song "Wie Böhmen noch bei Öst'rreich war" and the American folk song Hush, Little Baby. Alternative versions have similar tunes to the first verse of the 1890s folk song "Shortnin' Bread."

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