Ten green bottles hanging on the wall.
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall meaning.
It is believed to be of english more specifically of yorkshire origin although one suggestion is that greenbottles refers to officers of the metropolitan police apparently underworld jargon for the new force founded by act of parliament in 1829.
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall there ll be nine green bottles hanging on the wall.
Like many folk songs the origin of ten green bottles is lost to antiquity.
Nine green bottles hanging on the wall.
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall.
In essence the song is a single verse repeated each time with one bottle fewer.
It is about ten bottles falling off a wall one by one and many of the words are repeated many times.
Ten green bottles is a children s repetitive song that is popular in the united kingdom.