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"      CHORUS:   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"      Chorus      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      Chorus