Bridges Cross the Rio Grande

Children’s Song
(English)

Chorus
Bridges cross the Rio Grande
We all dance there, they all dance there,
Bridges cross the Rio Grande
Everyone dances around

Handsome men go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Lovely women go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Shoemakers go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Laundresses go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Musicians go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Soldiers too go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Landscapers go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Grape growers go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Dressmakers go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Carpenters go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Breakfast cooks go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Mechanics go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

____________ go this way
Then they all go that way

Chorus

Game Instructions

During the chorus, the children dance in a circle, holding hands. For each verse the children stop the circle, drop hands, and do a little jig to each side, imitating the character of the verse going back and forth across the bridges. Then for the chorus they rejoin hands and reverse the direction of the circle.

Adapted from mamalisa.com, Wikipedia, and Godowsky by the Texas Civil Rights Review — gm

Revised Aug. 5, 2007