Monkey on the Bed
Two little monkeys / Jumping on the bed…
Two little monkeys
Jumping on the bed.
One fell off and broke his head.
Took him to the doctor,
And the doctor said
“That’s what you get for jumping on the bed!”
This is one of the rude and disgusting rhymes children have always loved. We keep every rhyme exactly as children sang it.
Where this rhyme comes from
- Sung in
- UK, US
This is a cut-down form of the 'Five little monkeys jumping on the bed' counting song, popularised in print by Eileen Christelow's 1989 picture book. Older oral versions exist, but no reliable date was found.
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