Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam 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 Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam 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 Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam Bam-ba-dam 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