Half Breed

Media Raza

Half Breed

Media RazaHalf Breed

Mi padre se casó con un cherokeeMy father married a Cherokee.
La gente de mis madres se avergonzaba de míMy mothers people were ashamed of me.
Los indios dijeron que yo era blanco por leyThe Indians said that I was white by law.
Aunque el hombre blanco siempre me llamaba india indiaThough white man always called me Indian squaw.

Media razaHalf breed.
Es todo lo que he oídoIs all I ever heard.
Media razaHalf breed.
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabraHow I learned to hate the word.
Media razaHalf breed.
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieronShe's no good they warned.
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nacíBoth sides were against me since the day I was born.

Nunca nos asentamos, fuimos de pueblo en puebloWe never settled, went from town to town.
Cuando no eres bienvenido no te quedas por aquíWhen you're not welcome you don't hang around.
Los otros niños siempre se rieron de míThe other children always laughed at me.
Dale una pluma de que es un cherokeeGive her a feather she's a Cherokee.

Media razaHalf breed.
Es todo lo que he oídoIs all I ever heard.
Media razaHalf breed.
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabraHow I learned to hate the word.
Media razaHalf breed.
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieronShe's no good they warned.
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nacíBoth sides were against me since the day I was born.

No nos aceptaron y me sentí avergonzadoWe weren't accepted and I felt ashamed.
Quince me fui y me dije de quién tiene la culpaFifteen I left and tell me who's to blame.
Mi vida desde entonces ha sido de hombre a hombreMy life since then has been from man to man.
Pero no puedo huir de lo que soyBut I can't run away from what I am.

Media razaHalf breed.
Es todo lo que he oídoIs all I ever heard.
Media razaHalf breed.
Cómo aprendí a odiar la palabraHow I learned to hate the word.
Media razaHalf breed.
No sirve de nada, lo advirtieronShe's no good they warned.
Ambos bandos estaban en mi contra desde el día en que nacíBoth sides were against me since the day I was born.