Hello 'Round the World
Lyrics
Hello
Aloha (Hawaiian)
Bonjour (French)
Dumela (Setswana - South Africa)
Around the world when people meet
In a home or on the street
They say "hello" and it's so neat
So many diff'rent ways to greet
Hello
Hola (Spanish)
Shalom (Hebrew for "peace")
Konichiwa (Japanese)
Some wave "hi" and some shake hands
Some bow down and some just stand
Applaud, embrace, or kiss a hand
So many ways in diff'rent lands
Hello
Jambo (Swahili - Africa)
Salaam (Arabic for "peace")
Kaixo (Basque - Northern Spain/Southwestern France)
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
Hello
Terve (Finnish)
Privyet (Russian)
Namaste (Sanskrit)
At the break of day or when the sun goes down
And 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...
Hello, hello
Molo, molo (Xhosa - South Africa)
Ni hao, ni hao, (Chinese)
Zdravo (Serbian/Croatian/Slovenian)
Hello, hello
God dag, god dag (Norwegian/Swedish)
Aqui, aqui
Guten tag (German)
Hello, hello
Hey mon, hey mon (Jamaican)
Iakwe, iakwe (Marsallese)
Chaoban (Vietnamese)... Konichiwa... Namaste... Hello...