Santa Claus wi-takosin / Santa Claus is Coming to Town

(from Dolores Sand’s CD, manitowi-kîsikâw)

miyo-awāsisīwi
ēkāwiya māto
ēkāwiya kisiwāsi,
kiwihtamātin
Santa Claus wī-takosin

[Bridge]
kikiskēyimik ē-nipāyan
ēkwa ēkāy ē-nipāyan
kā-macāyiwicik mina
kahkiyaw kiskēyimēw

masinahikanihk
masinaham
tahto aniki kā-macāyiwicik
Santa Claus wī-takosin

Image: Cover of Jesse T. Hummingbird’s Native American Night Before Christmas