99 bottles of beer on the wall(1955)

[Barbara Need]

That's the version I grew up with, but I have also heard the third line as

If one of those bottle should happen to fall

Barbara

>Rima and all:
>
>The version I remember was:
>
>99 bottles of beer on the shelf
>99 bottles of beer.
>Take one down and pass it around
>98 bottles of beer.(etc).
>
>Anne G
>
>>
>>  One of my favorite definitions, when I asked someone about recursive
>>  music, was:
>>
>>  99 bottles of beer on the wall
>>  99 bottles of beer
>>  Take one down, put it back up
>>  99 bottles of beer on the wall
>>
>>  Rima