My father married a pure Cherokee
My mother's people were ashamed of me
The indians said that I was white by law

The white man always called me "Indian Squaw"

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that's all I ever heard

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how I learned to hate the word

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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

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that's all I ever heard
. . .


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.

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that's all I ever heard
. . .