Twelve Names, One Spring Day Version 1 Karaoke

A song for the Tor family. Twelve siblings, twelve names, and one spring day. Each of our Chinese names carries an emblem. Put all twelve together and they paint a single picture: a peony, a river, an ancient pine, Mount Tai at sunrise, a mountain, a flowering tree, a crescent moon, a cloud, a swallow, an orchid, a lotus and a plum blossom. 华 Hua · peony 江 Kang · river 宗 Chong · ancient pine 泰 Tay · Mount Tai at sunrise 山 San · mountain 荣 Ing · flowering tree 娥 Doris · crescent moon 云 Hoon · cloud 燕 Yenna · swallow 芳 Hong · orchid 莲 Lian · lotus 春 Choon · plum blossom We live across Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the USA, but we're never far away. Sing along. 0:00 Intro 0:18 Verse 1 0:47 Verse 2 1:14 Chorus 1:54 Verse 3 2:20 Bridge 2:47 Final chorus 3:28 Outro Lyrics The peony opened first of all, she's Hua in Singapore, Then Kang, the river, wound his way to Malaysia's shore. Chong, the pine with ancient roots, held the family line, And Tay rose up like Tai at dawn and taught the sun to shine. San's the mountain, standing still, as steady as the stone, Ing's the branch in blossom, so we never stand alone. Doris is the crescent moon, soft light across the sea, And Hoon's the cloud that drifts up high and blesses you and me. Twelve names, one spring day, Painted on a single page though we live oceans away. Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Put us all together and you'll see The picture of the Tor family. Yenna is the swallow, she always finds her way back home, Hong's the orchid, sweet and fair, in New Zealand's land she's grown. Lian, the lotus, she rose clean from waters deep and still, Then one more blossom on the bough, the last one on the hill. I came last, the plum upon the branch, I watched you paint the sky before me, one by one. Plum blooms in the cold to say the winter's done, And when I came, the spring had come. Hua, Kang, Chong, Tay, San, Ing, Doris, Hoon, Yenna, Hong, Lian, Choon. Twelve names, one spring day, Painted on a single page though we live oceans away. Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Put us all together and you'll see The picture of the Tor family. One family. One spring. Lyrics by Choon, the youngest. Music and vocals created with Suno. Also on YouTube: Version 2, a second take of the same song. #family #karaoke #singalong