This song is available on Marla Lewis' We All Laugh in the Same Language. This song is also available as an Individual Song Download (including the instrumental version).
Downloadable Printable Lead Sheets with Chords are also available.
See below for activities that accompany this song.
Carlos says “Hola”
Sun Lee says “Nee-how.”
Chantal says “Bonjour”
Mario says, “Ciao.”
Sasha says, “Pri-vyet”
Thomas says “Jambo”
Sarala says, “Mah-rah-ba”
Kaitlyn says, “Hello” (but)
Chorus
We all laugh in the same language
We all love to learn and play
Our hearts beat in the same rhythm
Round the world, we’re all the same
We all cry when we feel sorrow
We all love our family
We all pray for a better tomorrow
Round the world, you and me
Raj rides a rickshaw
Nigel takes the bus
Gabe drives a bobsled
Cynda walks through dust
Early each morning
Just like me and you
Children all around the world
Are on their way to school! (oh)
Chorus
(Bridge)
We’re Ebony, ivory
Bronze and gold and tan
We’re citizens of Planet Earth
A Family of Man
Chorus
We all laugh in the same language---------
Caucasian, Eurasian, Tibetan, Malaysian Our hearts beat in the same rhythm------
Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese We all cry when we feel sorrow-----
Algerian, Syrian, Lithuanian, Rumanian We all pray for a better tomorrow-----
Bantu, Hebrew, Cree, Aborigine We all laugh in the same language---------
Alsatian, Croatian, Russian, Prussian Our hearts beat in the same rhythm------
Hopi, Cherokee, Navajo, Seminole We all laugh in the same language---------
American, Canadian, Mexican, Arcadian
Activities for “We All Laugh in the Same Language”
Did you know that every family in America – except Native American families – came to the U.S. from another country?
For example, Sun Lee’s parents came here from China.
Mario’s great-grandparents came here from Italy.
My grandparents came here from Russia and Poland.
Where does YOUR family come from? ____________________________
When did they first come to the U.S.? ___________________________
What language, besides English, is spoken in your family? ______________
How do you say “hello” in this language? ___________________________
On this map of the world, color in the country or countries where your family members came from. Trace the route they took to come to the United States.
New York State Learning Standards Addressed
English Language Arts
1. Students will listen, speak, read and write for information and understand. As listeners and readers, student will collect data, fact, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts and generalizations. Social Studies - Geography
1. Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the world in which we live -- local, national, and global – including the distribution of people, places and environments over the earth’s surface.
2. Students will show appreciation of other cultures by identifying and comparing the physical, human, and cultural characteristics of different regions and people.
This song is available on Marla Lewis' We All Laugh in the Same Language.
