Background

Rewrite the verses of a familiar tune so that these verses tell about adventures on the Oregon Trail, in a mining town, or traveling up the Columbia River.

Write your own song:

Examples:

To the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

Westward, westward we will go.
We like our oxen, but they sure are slow.
Up at dawn, travel past noon,
Oh how I’d like to get there soon.
Westward, westward we will go.
We walk all day, it sure is slow.

To the tune of “The Brady Bunch”

Now here’s the story
Of the Oregon Trail
That happened so many years ago.

They were travelers
Who were so hopeful,
They knew they had to go.