Half breed (video) (intro) (midi)

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1. My father married a pure Cherokee,

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my mother's people were ashamed of me.

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The Indians said that I was white by law,

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the white man always called me "Indian squaw."

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Half-breed, that's all I ever heard,

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half-breed, how I learned to hate the word.

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“Half-breed, she's no good”, they warned,

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both sides were against me since the day I was born.

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2. We never settled, went from town to town,

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when you're not welcome you don't hang around.

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The other children always laughed at me,

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"Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee." + CHORUS

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3. We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed,

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nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame.

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My life since then has been from man to man,

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but I can't run away from what I am. + CHORUS (2x) ....

(Cher)