Lyrics of Shalom

Music: jerry herman
Lyrics: jerry herman
Book: don appell
Premiere: tuesday, october 10, 1961

Shalom, shalom,
You'll find shalom
The nicest greeting you know;
It means bonjour, salud, and skoal
And twice as much as hello.
It means a million lovely things,
Like peace be yours,
Welcome home.
And even when you say goodbye,
You say goodbye with shalom.

It's a very useful word,
It can get you through the day;
All you really need to know,
You can hardly go wrong,
This is your home as long as you say:
Shalom,
The nicest greeting i know;
Shalom,
Means twice as much as hello.
It means a million lovely things,
Like peace be yours,
Welcome home.
And even when you say goodbye,
If your voice has
"i don't want to go" in it,
Say goodbye with a little "hello" in it,
And say goodbye with shalom.

It's the most amazing thing
That i think i've ever heard
Wait till berlitz hears of you
All my foundering's done
I'ma native with one little word

Shalom, shalom,
I find shalom
The nicest greeting you know;
It means bonjour, salud, and skoal
And twice as much as hello.
It means a million lovely things,
Like peace be yours,
Welcome home.
And even when you say goodbye...
If your voice has
"i don't want to go" in it,
Say goodbye with a little "hello" in it,
And say goodbye with shalom.