The Trail Of Tears (Choctaw Chief)

The Trail Of Tears (Choctaw Chief)

Choctaw chief why walk so slow

For you have many miles to go

There are those you left behind

The young, the old, the lame, the blind

The rivers they have all run dry

The mountains hide behind the sky

Your son now lies beneath the sand

Where once he walked that sacred land

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When the rain falls from the plains

Will anyone recall your name

Will they remember down the years

All those who walked The Trail Of Tears

Burning plains are white with snow

The great white chief said you must go

Your wife and child though young in years

Now lie upon The Trail Of Tears

Your brothers in a far of land

They die of hunger where they stand

Yet in their pain and suffering you

Sent them bread that was meant for you

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But all the rain falls on the plains

Will anyone recall your name

Will they remember down the years

All those who walked The Trail Of Tears

The coyote they just watch and wait

Although they kill they bare no hate

Toshimi weeps upon the moon

For he knows that you will join him soon

Chorus

When the rain falls from the plains

Will anyone recall your name

Will they remember down the years

All those who walked The Trail Of Tears

When the rain falls on the plains

Will anyone recall your name

Will they remember down the years

All those who walked The Trail Of Tears

All those who walked the Trail Of Tears