Children love the repetitive nature of this song and it also gived an introduction to numbers (counting down).
Ten green bottles standing on the wall,
Ten green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be nine green bottles standing on the wall.
Nine green bottles standing on the wall,
Nine green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be eight green bottles standing on the wall.
Eight green bottles standing on the wall,
Eight green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be seven green bottles standing on the wall.
Seven green bottles standing on the wall,
Seven green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be six green bottles standing on the wall.
Six green bottles standing on the wall,
Six green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be five green bottles standing on the wall.
Five green bottles standing on the wall,
Five green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be four green bottles standing on the wall.
Four green bottles standing on the wall,
Four green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be three green bottles standing on the wall.
Three green bottles standing on the wall,
Three green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be two green bottles standing on the wall.
Two green bottles standing on the wall,
Two green bottles standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be one green bottle standing on the wall.
One green bottle standing on the wall,
One green bottle standing on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
There'd be no green bottles standing on the wall!
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