"The Witch's Promise" is a single by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in January 1970,[1] on the Chrysalis label.

[2][3] It was intended to be a follow-up to the group's two previous singles, "Living in the Past" and "Sweet Dream", which had been top ten hits.

[11] Musically, it developed from the style heard on the group's previous album, Stand Up, discarding the blues influences that the band had started with, and steered towards folk.

[12] Record World said that "Jethro Tull sounds strangely like a medieval Scottish troubador" and that "Ian Anderson's flute and vocal both excellent.

[3] Additional personnel English rock band All About Eve covered the song on a 10" vinyl release of their 1989 single "December".