Click on the song title
for more indepth background information Performed by Paul Revere and
the Raiders Written by John D.
Loudermilk
They took
the whole Cherokee nation Put us on this
reservation Took away our ways of
life The tomahawk and the bow and
knife Took away our native
tongue And taught their English to our
young And all the beads we made by
hand Are nowadays made in
Japan
Cherokee people, Cherokee
tribe So proud to live, so proud to
die
They took the whole Indian
nation Locked us on this
reservation Though I wear a shirt and
tie I'm still part redman deep
inside
Cherokee people, Cherokee
tribe So proud to live, so proud to
die
But maybe someday when they
learn Cherokee nation will return, will
return, will return, will return, will return
