Ten German Bombers

"Ten German Bombers" is a patriotic children's song, originally sung by British schoolchildren during World War II, but controversially adopted in recent years by English football fans at matches against Germany. The song uses the same tune and verse pattern as "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain". The verse pattern also follows the format of the song "Ten Green Bottles", of which it is effectively a derived variant:

These verses are then repeated with one more bomber being shot down each time, the 10th verse becoming "There was one" and "shot it down", until the number of bombers reaches zero. The last two verses of the song are:

Since the early 1990s the song has been sung by English football fans at some matches against the Germany national football team. It is typically accompanied by horizontally outstretched arms and a gentle swaying motion, as if to mimic an aircraft in flight, and on some occasions the word "air" is replaced with "war".

Such vocal behaviour was eventually deemed to be racially offensive by The Football Association. In December 2005, Sven-Göran Eriksson, the then manager, asked fans to refrain from it at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, a plea echoed by Greater Manchester Police and other authorities. Television commercials starring David Beckham, Michael Owen, and Wayne Rooney requesting the same were also planned. Similar issues attended the football song "Two World Wars and One World Cup".

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