Sacred Rainbow Nation Songs of Light, Peace and Love · Song 227

Witchi Tai To

key D minor (staff) / D major (word sheet) tempo ≈92 chords Dm C Am (staff) · D Dm7 G A (sheet)

Jim Pepper (Kaw/Muscogee), © 1969 — from a peyote chant of his grandfather’s. It is printed in Rainbow AU songs, vol. A, song #227, printed page A(45), PDF p.50 (hand-notated with chords; word sheet variant above).

Melody

Words & chords — as printed in the songbook

Dm C Dm

Witchy tai tai timurai, huranika huranika,

Dm C Dm

hey ne hey ne no way.

Dm C Dm C

Water spirits singing, dancing in my head,

Am Dm

I'm glad that I'm alive and I'm not dead.

(word-sheet version)

D Dm7 D G D Dm7 G

Witchitay to timoray, Uranika uranika, Hene hene nohay. (2x)

D Dm7 D G D Dm7 D A

Sun is rising out of the sea, makes me feel glad to be free.

Sun is setting now into the sea, makes me feel glad to be me.

Water spirit flowing around my head,

makes me feel glad that I'm not dead.