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