In essence the song is a single verse repeated, each time with one bottle fewer:

Bossa novas tend to be brief, sometimes only a single verse.

But many of those who showed up early yesterday morning never even got a chance to sing the single verse and chorus they had prepared.

The song has an unusual structure, with a single long verse followed by an even longer instrumental section, heavily sax-based.

A single verse has several meanings, but no two verses hold the same meaning.

Theological analysis: It is often said that a single verse usually doesn't make a theology.

Therefore, it never occurs more than once in a single verse.

"Convey from me, even if it be only a single verse."

The translation itself consists of 701 pages, each devoted to a single verse.

There is also a table of sines (jya), given in a single verse.