| My father married a pure | |
| CherokeeMy mother's people were ashamed of me | |
| The indians said that | |
| I was white by law | |
| The white man always called me "Indian Squaw" | |
| HALF-BREEDthat's all | |
| I ever heard | |
| HALF-BREEDhow | |
| I learned to hate the word | |
| HALF-BREEDshe'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 | |
| CherokeeHA | |
| LF-BREEDthat'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.HALF- | |
| BREEDthat's all | |
| I ever heard. . . |