Five Little Monkeys

"Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree" variant in both English and Spanish.

"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.[1][2][3]

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. Alternate versions have similar tunes to the first verse of the 1890s folk song "Shortnin' Bread."

  1. ^ "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed". Scottish Book Trust. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Nursery rhymes and songs: Five little monkeys". BBC Learning: School Radio. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed". King County Library System. Retrieved 9 January 2018.