Ten Green Bottles

Ten Green Bottles [ tenɡri nbɒtls ː ] ( Ten green bottles ) is a children's song that is popular in the United Kingdom. Composer and librettist are unknown.

Rhyming text

The song begins with this stanza:

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. ... [ The song is repeated until no more green bottle is available: ] ... One green bottle hanging on the wall, One green bottle hanging on the wall. And if one green bottle Should accidentally fall, There'll be no green bottles hanging on the wall.

Instead of hanging is often standing or sitting sung. Variants of the song 99 Bottles of Beer and Ten German Bombers. The text is also used to speed learning in English learning books for children.