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 were'nt accepted and I felt ashamed Nineteen I left them tell me whos 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 Both sides were against me since the day I was born
[00:15.56]My father married a pure Cherokee [00:20.31]My mother's people were ashamed of me [00:24.91]The Indians said I was white by law [00:29.60]The white man always called me Indian squaw [00:36.23]Half-breed,that's all I ever heard [00:40.96]Half-breed,how I learned to hate the word [00:45.58]Half-breed,she's no good they warned [00:50.34]Both sides were against me since the day I was born [00:58.69]We never settled went from town to town [01:03.28]When you're not welcome [01:04.50]You don't hang around [01:08.03]The other children always laughed at me [01:12.70]Give her a feather,she's a Cherokee [01:19.38]Half-breed,that's all I ever heard [01:24.05]Half-breed,how I learned to hate the word [01:28.68]Half-breed,she's no good they warned [01:33.29]Both sides were against me since the day I was born [01:41.79]We were'nt accepted and I felt ashamed [01:46.38]Nineteen I left them tell me whos to blame [01:51.00]My life since then has been from man to man [01:55.68]But I can't run away from what I am [02:02.35]Half-breed,that's all I ever heard [02:07.08]Half-breed,how I learned to hate the word [02:11.63]Half-breed,she's no good they warned [02:16.19]Both sides were against me since the day I was born [02:24.14]Half-breed,that's all I ever heard [02:28.89]Half-breed,how I learned to hate the word [02:33.33]Half-breed,she's no good they warned [02:38.00]Both sides were against me since the day I was born
