My father married up your Cherokee My mother's people were ashamed of me The Indians said that I was quite by law The white man always called me Indian scum Half-breed, that's all I ever heard Half-breed, how I love to hate the world Half-breed, she's no good to want 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 love to hate the world Half-breed, she's no good to want 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 Half-breed, that's all I ever heard Half-breed, how I love to hate the world Half-breed, she's no good to want Both sides were against me since the day I was born Half-breed, that's all I ever heard Half-breed, how I love to hate the world Half-breed, she's no good to want Both sides were against me since the day I was born