TEN GREEN BOTTLES


Meaning of TEN GREEN BOTTLES in English

a traditional song, sung especially by children. It is about ten bottles falling off a wall one by one and many of the words are repeated many times. The song begins:

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 …

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.