Mestiza

Ray Conniff

Half Breed

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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"

Half-breed
That's all
I ever heard
Half-breed
How I learned
To hate the world
Half-breed
She's no good
They warned
Both sides
Were against me
Since the day
I was born

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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 world

Half-breed
She's no good
They warned
Both sides
Were against me
Since the day
I was born

Bam-ba-dam
Bam-ba-dam
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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

I am just
A half-breed
That's all
I ever heard

Half-breed
How I learned
To hate the world
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 world
Half-breed
She's no good
They warned
Both sides
Were against me
Since the day
I was born
Both sides
Were against me
Since the day
I was born

Mestiza

Bam-ba-dam
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Mi padre se casó
Con una pura Cherokee
La gente de mi madre
Se avergonzaba de mí

Los indios decían
Que yo era
Blanca por ley
El hombre blanco
Siempre me llamaba
'India Squaw'

Mestiza
Eso es todo
Lo que siempre escuché
Mestiza
Cómo aprendí
A odiar al mundo
Mestiza
Ella no es buena
Advertían
Ambos lados
Estaban en mi contra
Desde el día
En que nací

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Nunca nos establecimos
Íbamos de pueblo en pueblo
Cuando no eres bienvenido
No te quedas

Los otros niños
Siempre se reían de mí
'Dale una pluma
Ella es una Cherokee'

Mestiza
Eso es todo
Lo que siempre escuché
Mestiza
Cómo aprendí
A odiar al mundo
Mestiza
Ella no es buena
Advertían
Ambos lados
Estaban en mi contra
Desde el día
En que nací

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No fuimos aceptados
Y me sentí avergonzada
A los diecinueve los dejé
Dime quién tiene la culpa
Mi vida
Desde entonces ha sido
De hombre en hombre
Pero no puedo huir
De lo que soy

Soy solo
Una mestiza
Eso es todo
Lo que siempre escuché
Mestiza
Cómo aprendí
A odiar al mundo
Mestiza
Ella no es buena
Advertían
Ambos lados
Estaban en mi contra
Desde el día
En que nací

Mestiza
Eso es todo
Lo que siempre escuché
Mestiza
Cómo aprendí
A odiar al mundo
Mestiza
Ella no es buena
Advertían
Ambos lados
Estaban en mi contra
Desde el día
En que nací
Ambos lados
Estaban en mi contra
Desde el día
En que nací

Escrita por: Al Capps / Mary Dean