This song is available on Hap Palmer's Can A Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet?
Skills and Concepts:
- Recognizing that different cultures have different ways of saying "good-bye."
- Respecting cultural diversity
- Recognizing and hearing that words are made up of sequences of individual sounds and syllables.
Activity:
This is a call and response song about the ways people say "good-bye" in different languages. Children
listen to each word or phrase then sing it back like an echo. As a lead up activity, it is helpful to break the
words into syllables and slowly say each syllable one at a time.
Chorus:
Good-bye, my friends, good-bye
Good-bye, my friends
Good-bye, my friends, it's time to end
Soon we'll meet again
Adios, adios, (ah-dee-OSE) says goodbye in Spanish
Do svidanja, do svidanja, (DUS-svee-DAN-ya) that's the word in Russian
Kwa heri, kwa heri, (kwa-HAIR-ee) says it in Swahili
Xin chao, Xin chao (Seen Jow) says it in Vietnamese
O dabo, o dabo, (oh-DAH-boh) says goodbye in Yoruba
Auf wiedersehen, auf wiedersehen (Au-VEE-der-zeyen)
that's the word in German
Maanak Parove, Maanak Parove, (Mn-AHK pah-ROVE) says it in Armenian
Joi gin, joi gin, (Joy-geen) says it in Cantones
Au revoir, au revoir, (Oh-VWAR) says goodbye in French
Shalom, shalom, (shah-lome) that's the word in Hebrew
Zaijian, zaijian, (Dsai Jeean)) says it in Chinese
Ciao, ciao, (Chyah-oh) says it in Italian
Sayonara, sayonara, (sigh-yo-nara) says goodbye in Japanese
Push pshena, push pshena, (push-p-SHEN-na) that's the word in Assyrian
Selamat ting gal, selamat ting gal ( sa-LAM-a-TING-gal) says it in Malay
The time flew by but you and I will sing another day
Repeat Chorus
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