I should add the melody, I assume the earliest, for dance purposes appears in a 1917 publication of international dances. In the 20s there's an RCA Victor orchestral rendition, pretty fast tempo I've heard A 1911 book of popular songs and play taught on Indian Reservations includes the recognizable gestures that accompany the piece. It has been printed up in several song anthologies since then sometimes as a song for infants to get their hands moving. I'd have to check my records if anyone's interested. In the US at one time in the early 20th century "sugar baby" replaced the odious "nigger baby" reference but how these lyrics got attached to the piece I have yet to learn.