Tsuu T'ina Morning Drill

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Intro: ambient swell

Alberta morning, nine o'clock
Say it with me

Verse

Tsuu T'ina Nation, west of Calgary
Highway twenty-two, past the cattle gate
Dene is the language, Tsuu T'ina is the name
Fifty fluent voices left, and that's the high count
Grandpa Harold sang it on a cassette
Side A, nineteen eighty-nine, you can hear the furnace kick
He's been gone four years, the tape still plays
The class still meets at nine o'clock

Verse

Teacher taps the bucket, upside down
Hands, no sticks, just hands
Syllable by syllable, slow it down
Children, take the word

Pre-Chorus

Break it in three
(Tsuu — T'i — na)
Break it in three
(Tsuu — T'i — na)
Put it together
(Tsuu T'ina)
That's your name
(Tsuu T'ina)

Chorus

Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
That's the word for come here — come here, baby, come here
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Grandpa's on the tape, we're in the room

Verse

Drums come in late, let 'em come in late
Cowbell never quit, it rode in from the last one
Eight kids in a half-circle on the floor
Bucket, hands, and a tape deck on a chair

Bridge

Press stop
Who says it now?
Press stop
Who says it now?
Girl in the blue coat, hand up off the floor
She says it better than the tape
(Dínì)
She says it better than the tape
(Dínì)
She says it better than the tape
(Dínì)
She's the tape now, Grandpa

Chorus

Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
That's the word for come here — come here, baby, come here
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Say it slow
(Dínì)
Fifty voices, now it's fifty-one

Instrumental gospel rock

Outro: children's chorus

Dínì, dínì, dínì
Tsuu T'ina
Dínì, dínì, dínì
Tsuu T'ina
Don't stop the bell
Dínì, dínì, dínì
Don't stop the bell
Tsuu T'ina
Nine o'clock tomorrow