Hello everybody in the famous song ten green bottles why do we say hanging on the wall.
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall origin.
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 it was 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.
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.
Can you just tell me if it is correct to use it as a synonym.
I have never found the verb hang on with this meaning.
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall.
Nine green bottles sitting on the wall nine green bottles sitting on the wall and if one green bottle should accidentally fall there ll be eight green bottles sitting on the wall.
Like many folk songs the origin of ten green bottles is lost to antiquity.
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.
Aren t the bottles standing or sitting on the wall.
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.
It is about ten bottles falling off a wall one by one and many of the words are repeated many times.
Ten green bottles hanging on a wall ten green bottles hanging on a wall and if one green bottle should accidentally fall there ll be nine green bottles hangi.
Nine green bottles hanging on the wall.
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall.
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall br ten green bottles hanging on the wall br and if one green bottle br should accidentally fall br therell be nine green bottles hanging on the wall br nine green bottles hanging on the wall br nine green bottles hanging on the wall br and if one green.
Ten green bottles hanging on a wall and if one green bottle should accidently fall.