(Spoken intro:)
If you wanted to say "hello" to everyone on the planet, you would have to learn almost 3000 languages and greet around 7 billion people.
(Chorus – with echo:)
Hello
Aloha Hawaiian
Bonjour French
Dumela (doo-MAY-lah) Tswana (Southern Africa)
(Verse 1:)
Around the world, when people meet
In a home or on the street
They say hello and it’s so neat
So many different ways to greet
(Chorus:)
Hello
Hola (oh-la) Spanish
Shalom Hebrew
Konichiwa (ko-nee-chee-wah) Japanese
(Verse 2:)
Some wave “hi” and some shake hands
Some bow down and some just stand
Applaud, embrace or kiss a hand
So many ways in different lands
(Chorus:)
Hello
Jambo (jahm-bow) Swahili
Salaam Arabic
Kaixo (kai-show) Basque (Spain)
(Verse 3:)
Greeting the young or greeting the old
You can be shy or you can be bold
An “r” can be flat or it can be rolled
But a smile is the same around the world
(Chorus:)
Hello English
Terve (tehr-vay) Finnish
Privyet (preev-yet) Russian
Namaste (nah-mas-tay) Hindi (India)
(Bridge:)
At the break of day or when the sun goes down
An elder or a child, a stranger or a friend
In the South or the East, in the North or the West
How we say hello, it all depends -
(Chorus:)
Hello, Hello
Molo, Molo Xhosa (South Africa)
Ni hao, Ni hao (nee how) Mandarin (China)
Zdravo (zdrah-vo) Slovenian
(Chorus:)
Hello, Hello
God dag, God dag (go dag) Norwegian
Aqui, Aqui (ah-kee) Mohican
Guten tag (goo-ten tahg) German
(Chorus:)
Hello, Hello
Hey mon, Hey mon Jamaican
Iakwe, Iakwe (ya-kway) Marshallese (Marshall Islands)
Chao ban (dow bahn) Vietnamese
Konichiwa (ko-nee-chee-wah) Japanese
Namaste (nah-mas-tay) Hindi
Hello.
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Many thanks to Two of a Kind for permission to display these lyrics.
© 2011 David & Jenny Heitler-Klevans. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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