Ten green bottles - Wikipedia Ten green bottles Jump to : navigation , search For the Vivian Jeanette Kaplan novel , see Ten Green Bottles ( book ) . Green bottles on a wall . `` Ten Green Bottles '' is a song that is popular in the United Kingdom . In essence , the song is a single verse repeated , each time with one bottle fewer : Ten green bottles hanging on the wall Ten green bottles hanging on the wall And if one green bottle should accidentally fall , There 'll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall . This pattern continues until the number of bottles reaches zero : One green bottle hanging on the wall , One green bottle hanging on the wall , And if that green bottle should accidentally fall , There 'll be no more bottles hanging on the wall . The word `` standing '' or `` sitting '' is sometimes substituted for `` hanging '' . Various other versions of the lyrics exist , many of them vulgar or satirical . See also ( edit ) 99 Bottles of Beer Ten German Bombers References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Counting songs : Ten green bottles '' . Schools Raio : Audio resources for primary schools . BBC . 2015 . Retrieved October 9 , 2015 . ^ Jump up to : `` Ten Green Bottles '' . Kididdles . Retrieved October 9 , 2015 . This song - related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ten_Green_Bottles&oldid=802524474 '' Categories : Children 's songs British culture Fictional objects Song stubs Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 26 September 2017 , at 18 : 23 . About Wikipedia 
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`` Ten Green Bottles '' is a song that is popular in the United Kingdom . In essence , the song is a single verse repeated , each time with one bottle fewer : Ten green bottles hanging on the wall Ten green bottles hanging on the wall And if one green bottle should accidentally fall , There 'll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall . This pattern continues until the number of bottles reaches zero : One green bottle hanging on the wall , One green bottle hanging on the wall , And if that green bottle should accidentally fall , There 'll be no more bottles hanging on the wall . The word `` standing '' or `` sitting '' is sometimes substituted for `` hanging '' . Various other versions of the lyrics exist , many of them vulgar or satirical .
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