George Washington Bridge

We think you're going to love this song for the challenge it offers your singers. The concept is fairly simple – just sing the words "George Washington Bridge" over and over to a very recognizable and familiar tune. Sounds easy, right? The challenge is that, no matter where a syllable falls, you must keep singing the next. None of the words are slurred. So, oftentimes you will end up on a "wash" or an "ing" or a "ton." If you read along in the music, it will be a bit easier, but once your singers get used to it, try having them sing without the music for an extra challenge. Whether used as a warm-up, warm-down, or focus moment, your singers will have a lot of fun with it.

In case the singing doesn't provide enough of a challenge, we also made this tune a ukulele feature. You could have a group doing the singing and a group doing the ukulele playing. Of course, you could just make this a choir feature, or use the tracks and make it just a ukulele feature. The chords used are G, C, and D7. We have provided a written uke part in the kit, but we also encourage your players to freely strum along.

The melody for this song is a tune called "Sobre las olas" (over the waves) and was written by Mexican composer Juventino Rosas in 1888. (from Music K-8, Vol. 30, No. 1)

What's in a Singles Reproducible Kit?These are single song kits that include: a Piano/Vocal Part; a Singer's Part with full rights to reproduce, perform, and use it as many times as you need for your students; and high-quality full performance and accompaniment (instrumental) recordings.

About the Downloadable OptionThe downloadable version contains all the components the print version would, but in electronic format.

About the Audio RecordingsAudio recordings contain full performance and accompaniment only (instrumental) tracks.