Ten Green Bottles is a popular nursery rhyme and counting song that is often used to help children learn to count backward from ten to one.
The nursery rhyme is accompanied by a repetitive melody, making it easy for children to sing along. It’s a fun and engaging way to reinforce counting skills while also introducing a playful narrative about the falling bottles. The idea is that with each verse, one bottle falls, and the remaining number is sung in the next verse until there are no green bottles left.
“Ten Green Bottles” is a classic nursery rhyme that has been enjoyed by generations of children, and it’s often used in educational settings to support early math skills.
Lyrics for Ten Green Bottles
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
Nine green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Nine green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be eight green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Eight green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Eight green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be seven green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Seven green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Seven green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be six green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Six green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Six green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be five green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Five green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Five green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be four green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Four green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Four green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be three green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Three green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Three green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be two green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Two green bottles
Hanging on the wall
Two green bottles
Hanging on the wall
And if one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be one green bottles
Hanging on the wall
One green bottle
Hanging on the wall
One green bottle
Hanging on the wall
If that one green bottle
Should accidentally fall
There’ll be no green bottles
Hanging on the wall