Ten Green Bottles


"Ten Green Bottles" is a popular children's repetitive song that consists of a single verse of music that is repeated, with each verse decrementing by one the number of bottles on the wall. The song appears in The Oxford Song Book in 1928, where it is described as a "traditional North country song."

Lyrics

This pattern continues until the number of bottles reaches zero. The final verse ends "There'll be no green bottles hanging on the wall."

Variant

Another children's song, "Ten Fat Sausages", follows the same structure, but with each verse decrementing by two the number of sausages in the pan.