Half-Breed

My father married a pure Cherokee

My mother's people were ashamed of me

The indians said I was white by law

The White Man always

Called me "Indian Squaw

Half-breed that's all I ever heard

Half-breed how I learned to hate the word

Half-breed she's no good they warned

Both sides were against me since the day

I was born

We never settled went from town to town

When you're not welcome

You don't hang around

The other children always laughed

At me "Give her a feather

She's a Cherokee

Half-breed that's all I ever heard

Half-breed how I learned to hate the word

Half-breed she's no good they warned

Both sides were against me since the day

I was born

We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed

Nineteen I left them tell me who's to blame

My life since then has been from man to man

But I can't run away from what I am

Half-breed that's all I ever heard

Half-breed how I learned to hate the word

Half-breed she's no good they warned

Both sides were against me since the day

I was born

Half-breed that's all I ever heard

Half-breed how I learned to hate the word

Half-breed she's no good they warned