Ting Ting (feat. Bonnie Paine on vocals/washboard and Bridget Law on Violin) - Shook Twins

Ting Ting named herself after the rain

And the sound it makes as it falls

On her roof

But the roof is long gone

In the shack she was born in

And the walls stay wet

‘Cause the river

Rages on

And Ting Ting’s mother is the Great Blue Heron

She squawks sweet songs just to help

Ting sleep

She sings «Sleep, Ting Ting (ting, ting, ting, ting)

For when you wake

The sun will make a crown

Just for you to wear

In your golden hair

And nothing’s gonna harm you now.»

Ting Ting drinks from little blue bottles

She fills with rain that calls

Her name

And when she drinks

She drinks so slowly

‘Cause this is how

She prays

And Ting Ting’s father is the dust and the water

That fills the cracks

In Ting Ting’s shack

He sings, «Sleep, Ting Ting (ting, ting, ting, ting)

For when you wake

The sun will make a crown

Just for you to wear

In your golden hair

And nothing’s gonna harm you now.»

(Oooh, ooh ooh, ooh-ooh.)

(Oooh, ooh ooh, ooh-ooh.)

Sleep, Ting Ting (ting, ting, ting, ting)

For when you wake

The sun will make a crown

Just for you to wear

In your golden hair

And nothing’s gonna harm you now

No, nothing’s gonna stop you now

No, nothing’s gonna harm you now