| My father married a pure Cherokee
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| My mother's people were ashamed of me
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| The Indians said that I was white by law
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| The white man always called me "Indian squaw"
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| Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
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| Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
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| Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
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| Both sides were against me since the day I was born
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| We never settled, went from town to town
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| When you're not welcome you don't hang around
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| The other children always laughed at me
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| "Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"
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| Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
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| Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
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| Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
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| Both sides were against me since the day I was born
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| We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
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| Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
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| My life since then has been from man to man
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| But I can't run away from what I am
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| Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
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| Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
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| Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
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| Both sides were against me since the day I was born
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| Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
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| Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
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| Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
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| Both sides were against me since the day I was born |