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