Hello Around the World!   Literally.... over the past week I have been traveling to Oxford, London, Antwerp, Brussels and Paris for my training job.   It is interesting to see another part of the world and how my European friends interact with each other.   While I am here on business, I am listening to the children's CD my family is producing and getting ready to release this spring.   It gives me a taste of home, and makes me happy to hear my children's beautiful voices singing.   I can't wait to finish the mixing and mastering process, and see what the final product sounds like.  It's been a great labor of love, and something I've always wanted to do to leave a legacy to my children and countless others that I have taught through the years.

 

The following song is fast becoming one of my favorites on the CD.  It's called, "Hello Around the World" and seems only appropriate that I share it with you during a week that I am traveling to a new place in the world.   Enjoy!

Hello Around the World

By: Denise Forney

Oh, the world is becoming a smaller place
Everywhere we go

Anywhere that we might travel

We can say “hello”

We say, “Hola” (repeat - Oh-lah) to my friends in Spanish

We say, “Bonjour” (repeat - bohn-zhoor) to my friends in French

We say, “Hejsan” (repeat - HEY-sun) to my friends in Swedish

We say, “Ni hao” (repeat - nee how) to my friends in Chinese

Oh, the world is becoming a smaller place
Everywhere we go

Anywhere that we might travel

We can say “hello”

We say, “Jambo” (repeat – JAHM-boh) to my friends in Swahili

We say, “Aloha” (repeat – Aloha to my friends in Hawaiian

We say “Konnichiwa” (repeat Ko-nee-chee-wa) to my friends in Japanese

We say, “Czesc” (repeat - Chesht) to my friends in Polish

Oh, the world is becoming a smaller place
Everywhere we go

Anywhere that we might travel

We can say “hello”

We say “Annyong” (repeat – ahn-yohng) to my friends in Korean                                         

We say “Privet” (repeat – preev-YET) to my friends in Russian                                 

We say “Namaste” (repeat nah-MUS-stay) to my friends in Hindi
and “Shalom) (repeat sha-lome) to my friends in Hebrew

Oh, the world is becoming a smaller place
Everywhere we go

Anywhere that we might travel

We can say “hello” 
We can say "hello"