"Ten Green Bottles" is a popular children's
repetitive song
Repetitive songs contain a large proportion of repeated words or phrases. Simple repetitive songs are common in many cultures as widely spread as the Caribbean, Southern India and Finland. The best-known examples are probably children's songs. Othe ...
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 first verse is:
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.
See also
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Repetitive song
Repetitive songs contain a large proportion of repeated words or phrases. Simple repetitive songs are common in many cultures as widely spread as the Caribbean, Southern India and Finland. The best-known examples are probably children's songs. Othe ...
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99 Bottles of Beer
"99 Bottles of Beer" or "100 Bottles of Pop on the Wall" is a traditional reverse counting song from the United States and Canada. It is popular to sing on road trips, as it has a very repetitive format which is easy to memorize and can take a lo ...
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Ten German Bombers
"Ten German Bombers" is a children's song with the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain". It has been adopted as a football chant by English football fans, and is sung mainly at football matches during international competitions, namely t ...
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Ten Little Injuns
"Ten Little Indians" is an American children's counting out rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12976. In 1868, songwriter Septimus Winner adapted it as a song, then calledTen Little Injuns, for a minstrel show.
Lyrics
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References
English children's songs
English folk songs
Traditional children's songs
Culture of the United Kingdom
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