Half-Breed lyrics

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 Squaw"

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that's all I ever heard

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how I learned to hate the word

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she'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 Cherokee

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that's all I ever heard

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how I learned to hate the word

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she's no good they warned

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

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.

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that's all I ever heard

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how I learned to hate the word

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she's no good they warned

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

• Artist:Cher
• Album:Half-Breed (1973)