Song: Half-Breed ~~ 1973 ~~ 2:42
Artist: Cher
LP/CD: Half Breed ~~ MCA ~~ 1973
Composers: Capps~Dean

My father married a pure Cherokee
My mother’s people were ashamed of me
The Indians said I was white by law
The White man always called me Indian Squaw

Half-breed
That’s all I ever heard
Half-breed
How I learned to hate the word

Half-breed
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”

Half-breed
That’s all I ever heard
Half-breed
How I learned to hate the word

Half-breed
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
19 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

Half-breed
That’s all I ever heard
Half-breed
How I learned to hate the word

Half-breed
She’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
She’s no good they warned
Both sides were against me
Since the day I was born

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: April 4, 2003