"Hola Amigo"

"Hola Amigo"

by 123 Andrés

Español

Podemos ser buenos amigos, sin importar de donde venimos,
tú y yo podemos llevarnos bien, no hay nada que temer.
Aunque hables árabe o italiano, al final somos seres humanos,
aunque hables quechua o mandarín, un mismo idioma es sonreír.

Hola, amigo canta conmigo
Hola, amigo ¿cómo te llamas?
Hola, amigo canta conmigo
Hola, amigo ¿cómo te llamas?

Y no me importa de dónde sos, desde que tengas buen corazón,
y no me importa cuál es tu idioma, desde que seas buena persona.
Venimos de muchos países, y podemos vivir muy felices,
cantando esta canción, sueña conmigo un mundo mucho mejor.

English

It doesn’t matter where you are from, if you speak English or Español
It doesn’t matter, there’s nothing wrong, we can all get along
If you speak German or Japanese, it doesn’t make any difference to me
If you speak Arabic, Chinese, or French, we can all just be friends

Hello friend, it’s great to meet you
Hello friend, tell me your name
Hello friend, it’s great to meet you
Hello friend, tell me your name

Don’t let a difference drift us apart. We’re all the same inside our hearts
It doesn’t matter where you are from. You’re welcome in my home
We come from different places, but we have smiles on our faces
And when we share our names, we realize we’re all the same

123 Andrés are Andrés and Christina, the Latin Grammy-winning duo with catchy songs and a high-energy show in Spanish and English that gets kids and families singing and dancing.

Their songs and videos are used in early childhood and elementary classrooms across the United States and abroad, and they have delighted live audiences in the United States, Puerto Rico, Panama, Mexico, and Colombia, at venues including Lollapalooza (Chicago), Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Symphony Space (NYC), and the Coliseo in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Andrés grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, and learned how to play the guitar from his father as a child. He studied clarinet at the Conservatory and had his first studio experience at age eight. He went on to earn a doctorate in music and won first prize in the National Composition Contest in Colombia for one of his early songs.

Christina was raised in the United States in a Spanish-speaking family hailing from Colombia, and studied theater and dance as a child. After serving as a classroom teacher in public schools and earning a Master’s in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, she found her mission teaching through music.

123 Andrés maintains an active calendar of live concerts and joy-filled shows for student and family audiences that get everyone singing, moving, and learning. Their first children’s book, due out August 2020, is being published by Scholastic. They also have four acclaimed CDs under their belts.

For more information and music, please visit them on the web.

_{Photograph by Dario Treviño.}