"Ten Green Bottles" is a song for children 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 sitting on the wall,
- Ten green bottles sitting on the wall,
- And if one green bottle should accidentally fall,
- There'll be nine green bottles sitting on the wall.
There are variants with standing or hanging instead of sitting. Other variants include "Ten German Bombers" and the American "99 Bottles of Beer".
There is also a variation in French called "Les Moutons" ('The Sheep') sung by Jacques Brel in the album Jacques Brel 67 (1967).
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—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
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—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 9:17.