Half Breed

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 boy

Half breed

That's all I ever heard

Half breed

How I learned to hate the word

Half breed

He'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 him a feather, he's a Cherokee

Half breed

That's all I ever heard

Half breed

How I learned to hate the word

Half breed

He's no good, they warned

Both sides were against me since the day I was born

We weren't accepted and I felt the shame

Nineteen, I left and tell me whose to blame

My life since then has been from place to place

But I can't run away from my own fate

Half breed

That's all I ever heard

Half breed

How I learned to hate the word

Half breed

He'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

He's no good, they warned

Both sides were against me since the day I was born