They took the whole Cherokee Nation
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And put us on this reservation
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Took away our ways of life
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The tomahawk and the bow and knife
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They took away our native tongue
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And taught their English to our young
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And all the beads we made by hand
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Are nowadays made in Japan
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Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
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So proud to live, so proud to die
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They took the whole Indian Nation
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And locked us on this reservation
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And though I wear a shirt and tie
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Im still a red man deep inside
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Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
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So proud to live, so proud to die
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But maybe someday when they learn
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Cherokee Nation will return
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Will return
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Will return
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Will return
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Will return
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Indian Reservation
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