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The spirit horse of the cherokee
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The trail of tears began for all the Cherokee
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The white men came to trade & borrow but then they would not leave
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Some of us were taken by boat, and died at sea
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Those of us who lived were sold to slavery
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We welcomed them as brothers knowing nothing of their greed
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Born hunters not the hunted as the white man hunts for me
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We are descendants of the animals we live among the free
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Our trail of tears would end one day at Wounded Knee.
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Great Spirit, thunder birds fly, we are wild and free
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To fight and die by the open sky, Spirit Horse ride for me
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When we do the Ghost Dance, the buffalo will return
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Paint ourselves for war, now blood and fire burn
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Great Spirit makes us strong, take us to the sky
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The Cherokee are brave, we are not afraid to die
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Great Spirit, thunder birds fly, we are wild and free
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To fight and die by the open sky, Spirit Horse ride for me
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Red Cloud, Black Hawk, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo
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Strong and brave warriors to the grave
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There has been much killing there will be much more
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The Medicine Man is dancing he's calling us to war,
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Hatchets sing with pride let the white men die
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Great Spirit, thunder birds fly, we are wild and free
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To fight and die by the open sky, Spirit Horse ride for me
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The spirit horse of the cherokee
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