Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall
American kids sing this song on long bus trips to help pass the time. Nowadays, many kids are taught to sing, "99 Bottles of Pop on the Wall".
Adults can use songs like this as an opportunity to discuss issues like the dangers of drinking and driving and the disastrous consequences of alcoholism.
Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Bus Song
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer!
If one of those bottles
Should happen to fall
98 bottles of beer on the wall.
98 bottles of beer on the wall
98 bottles of beer!
If one of those bottles
Should happen to fall
97 bottles of beer on the wall.
Keep counting down to 1
Then the final verse is...
No more bottles of beer on the wall,
No more bottles of beer.
Go to the store and buy some more,
99 bottles of beer on the wall...
Notes
Alternate version:
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer!
Take one down
Pass it around
98 bottles of beer on the wall.
Keep counting down to 0
…if you can make it!
Comments
Math Version:
Infinite Bottles of Beer on the Wall
Infinite bottles of beer on the wall.
If one bottle is taken down,
There are still infinite bottles of beer on the wall.
This sequence can go on and on ad infinitum.
Thanks!
