Ten Green Bottles
Countdown of Resilience: A Musical Tale of Green Bottles
Lyrics
Ten green bottles, hanging on the wall.
Ten green bottles are hanging on the wall.
Ten green bottles, hanging on the wall...
Repetition of the initial scene; ten green bottles hanging on the wall.
But if one green bottle should accidentally fall...
If one green bottle falls, a change in the scenario is introduced.
There'll be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9!
If one falls, there will be 1 to 9 green bottles left.
Nine green bottles, hanging on the wall.
Nine green bottles are now hanging on the wall.
Better move these nine before they fall! They're not safe up there!
Expresses the urgency to move the remaining nine bottles as they are not safe.
Nine green bottles, safely on the floor
The nine bottles are now safely on the floor.
Nine green bottles, safely on the floor
Repetition of the previous line, emphasizing the safety of the bottles on the floor.
Oooh..
Expressions of surprise and sneezing, introducing a humorous element.
Aaaah!
-Aaaaa-choo!
-But if one green bottle becomes a dinosaur
If one green bottle transforms into a dinosaur, a hypothetical scenario is presented.
Oooh
Expression of awe or surprise in response to the hypothetical scenario.
There'll be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!
If one falls after becoming a dinosaur, there will be 1 to 8 bottles left.
Eight green bottles NOT SAFE on the floor!
Eight green bottles are deemed unsafe on the floor.
Octoblock, HIDE!
Instructions to hide, involving counting down from 8 to 1.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 HIDE!
-Eight green bottles, hiding in a box.
Eight green bottles are hiding in a box.
Eight green bottles, hiding in a box.
-But if one green bottle
If one is stolen by a fox, the scenario changes again.
is stolen by a fox!
-Hey!
Interjection by a character reacting to the fox.
There'll be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7!
Seven green bottles are now hiding in a box due to the fox.
Seven green bottles, hiding in a box!
-That was lucky!
Expression of relief after the fox encounter.
Seven green bottles, flying through the air!
Seven green bottles are flying through the air.
Seven green bottles, flying through the air!
-But if one green bottle
If one wakes a grizzly bear (or hugs a teddy bear), a new situation arises.
should wake a grizzly bear!
-What!?
Comic misunderstanding about waking a grizzly bear.
I mean -
Correction to hugging a teddy bear instead of waking a grizzly bear.
hug a teddy bear...
-Phew!
Expression of relief after the clarification.
There'll be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!
Six green bottles are falling through the air.
Six green bottles falling through the air!
-Six is my name
Introduction of "Six," who proposes a game; if one spins around, you win.
Let's play a game!
-And this game goes like this:
-Six green bottles, lying on the ground
-Six green bottles, lying on the ground
-And if one green bottle spins around...
-Whoooooooaaaah...
-You win!
-There'll be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
Five green bottles are lying on the ground.
Five green bottles, lying on the ground.
-Yeah!
Five green bottles are rolling down the hill; a new situation arises if one grows a daffodil.
Five green bottles, rolling down the hill
-Five green bottles, rolling down the hill
-But if one green bottle should grow a daffodil!
-There'll be 1, 2, 3, 4!
Four green bottles are rolling down the hill.
Four green bottles rolling down the hill.
-Four green bottles, standing in a SQUARE!
Four green bottles are standing in a square; a new scenario if one runs to the fair.
Four green bottles, standing in a SQUARE!
-But if one green bottle should run to the fair
-There'll be 1, 2, 3!
Three green bottles are standing in a triangle.
Three green bottles standing in a... TRIANGLE!!!
-Ah-1, 2, 3!
Counting down while emphasizing the triangle shape.
Three green bottles, spinning in the sky
Three green bottles are spinning in the sky; a change if one flaps its wings and flies.
Three green bottles, spinning in the sky
-But if one green bottle
-should flap its wings and fly
-There'll be one, TWO! Two green bottles, spinning in the sky.
Two green bottles are spinning in the sky, with a plea for one to come back.
Come back!
-Two green bottles, floating out to sea.
Two green bottles are floating out to sea; a twist if one learns to waterski.
Two green bottles, floating out to sea...
-But if one green bottle
-should learn to waterski...
-There'll be ONE! One green bottle, floating out to sea. Hello, hey
One green bottle is now floating out to sea.
One green bottle...
One green bottle is swallowed by a whale; a humorous twist if it grows a tickly tail.
..swallowed by a whale!
-One green bottle, swallowed by a whale.
-But if that green bottle
-should grow a tickly tail...
-There'll be no green bottles swallowed by a whale!
Reassurance that no green bottles will be swallowed by a whale.
TEN GREEN BOTTLES, hanging on a wall
Repetition of various scenarios and hypothetical situations involving the green bottles.
safely on the floor
-hiding in a box
-flying through the air
-lying on the ground
-TEN GREEN BOTTLES, rolling down a hill
-standing in a square
-spinning in the sky
-floating out to sea
-swallowed by a whale
-BUT IF ONE GREEN BOTTLE SHOULD
-accidentally fall
-become a dinosaur
-be stolen by a fox
-wake a grizzly bear
-start to spin around
-grow a daffodil
-run off to the fair
-flap its wings and fly
-learn to waterski
-grow a tickly tail
-THERE'LL BE 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
-NO GREEN BOTTLES, HANGING ON THE WALL!
If any of the mentioned scenarios occur, there will be no green bottles hanging on the wall.
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