The Hello Song Lyrics

THE HELLO SONG from the Yakko's World albumMusic by Julie Bernstein, Peter Hastings and Paul Rugg.Lyrics by Paul Rugg.Yakko: There's a word in every languageA word that you should knowA word that means you're friendlyA word used high and low.Though the way to say it variesMost everywhere you goIts meaning never changesAnd that word is...YW+D : ...Hello!YW+D : Hello!Hello!Hello! Hello! Hello!Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!Hello! Hello!Yakko: In Germany it's "guten Tag"Which also means "good day""Ni hao" is exactly howHello sounds in Taipei.In Portugal it's "ola"In Arabic, "salem"Saying "zravo" means helloIn Macedonian.It's "aloha" in HawaiiThey say "ya su" in GreeceIn Israel the word's "shalom"And that means "peace".The Italians have "buon giorno"The Viennese, "servus"When you're at the Eiffel TowerJust smile and say "salut!"YW+D : Hello!Hello!Hello!Hello!Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!Hello! Hello!Yakko: In Nepal they say "namaste"In Sweden, "goddag"In Thailand, "sabai dee roo""Dobri den" in Prague.In the Spanish language, "hola"The Netherlands, it's "dag"In Japanese, "konnichi-wa"And "hey" in Little Rock.When you say "u hali gani"Swahili is the tongueIn Russian it's "zdrahstvooyteh"Which sounds way better sung.If you're ever in Korea"Ahnyung hahsay yo!"And in some parts of BrooklynHello is just plain "yo!"Y+W : Hello!Dot : Hello!Y+W : Hello!Dot : Hello...Y+W : Hello!Dot : Hello??Y+W : Hello!Dot : Hello!!YW+D : Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!Hello! Hello!YW+D : Though the way to say it variesMost everywhere you goIts meaning never changesHello!Hello!!Hello!!!G'bye!Transcribed by David Orozco and Andy Diaz