Five Little Monkeys

"Five Little Monkeys" is an English language 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.
Eileen Christelow has written a series of books titled "Five Little Monkeys ..". She acknowledges that she did not write the original lyrics, she heard it from her daughter.
The song has similar lyrics and tune to the first verse of the 1890s folk song "Shortnin' Bread."
Lyrics.
One version of the lyrics, published in the 2015 collection "No More Monkeys", runs:
Variations.
Alternate versions of the song changes the last monkey's reference to "she" or "one". An additional verse on the last verse following the last monkey going down include lines such as:
Gestures.
The song can be performed with to accompany to each verse are, such as: