Five little speckled frogs

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Five little speckled frogs is a nursery rhyme similar to Ten Green Bottles in its format. The text is as follows.

Five little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious grubs.
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were four green speckled frogs.

The verse is then repeated, but with one fewer frog each time.

Alternatives include using bugs instead of grubs, and adding "Yum, yum!" after that line.

The British power metal band DragonForce are rumored to have used the melody of this nursery rhyme for in their song Heart of a Dragon on their debut album Valley of the Damned. Herman Li, the band's guitarist said in an interview that every band steals some songs, and that they steal theirs from nursery rhymes, adding credence to this rumour.

A variant of the song is as follows.

Five little speckled frogs
Sitting on a speckled log
Eating some some scumm (yum, yum!)
One little speckled frog
Fell off the speckled log
Now there's only four speckled frogs (glub, glub!)

The song continues until there are no more frogs. There are hand motions that allow children to participate during the song. They are described below.

Line one: By show of fingers hold up the number of frogs sitting on the log.

Line two: Draw in your hands close to your chest and curl your fingers downward, facing the floor as though you are a frog perched atop a log.

Line three: Mimic eating while you sing 'Eating some scum', then rub your belly delightfully while singing '(yum, yum!)'.

Line Four: Hold one finger up to represent the frog who fell off the log.

Line Five: Pretend to fall over.

Line Six: By show of fingers, hold up the number of frogs still remaining on the log while singing "Now there's only four speckled frogs". Upon singing "(glub, glub)", repeat the same movement as in the second line except look upward as though you were a frog underneath water.