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You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye
I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why, and I say I don’t know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye
I say hello

Why, why, why, why, why, why
Do you say good bye
Goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye

Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye
I say hello
hello, hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye I say hello
Hello

Listening to and singing songs is a fantastic way to learn English.

Let’s listen to different popular songs from the past and the present and read their lyrics. Some of the songs have got exercises we have done with pupils.

Hello!Here you’ve got a song we’ve worked on with 6th level students. It’s taken from the web http://www.isabelperez.com/. Wonderful!!

Listen to the 3 parts of the song and fill the blanks with the right word from the tables

Part 1

Oh yeah, yeah…
Open up your _____________, what do you __________
Open up your _____________, what do you _____________… is real

The big bang may be a million years _____________
But I can’t think of a better time to say

World, hold on
Instead of messing with our _____________, open up inside
World, hold on
One day you will have to _____________ to the children of the sky

World, hold on
Come one, everybody in the _____________, come on
World, hold on
One day you will have to _____________ to the children of the sky

Children of the sky…

Part 2

Look inside, you’ll find a deeper _____________
The kind that only comes from high _____________

If you ever meet your inner child, don’t _____________, no no
Tell them everything is gonna be alright

World, hold on
Come one, _____________ in the _____________,
World, hold on
One day you will have to _____________ to the children of the _____________

Children of the _____________… alright
Part 3

Love, Don’t take “no” for an answer, alright

Right here, spread ___________, everybody ___________ together now
One voice, one ___________, love and ___________, everybody say
Yeah!

World, hold on
Come one, everybody in the ___________, come on
World, hold on
One day you will have to answer to the children of the sky

World, hold on
Come one, everybody in the ___________, come on
World, hold on
One day you will have to answer to the children of the sky