Indian Reservation

INDIAN RESERVATION
By John D Loudermilk
Paul Revere and the Raiders
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they took the whole cher-o-kee na-tion
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put us on this res-er-va-tion
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took a-way our way of life
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tom-a-hawk and the bow and knife
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took a-way our na-tive tongue
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taught their eng-lish to our young
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and all the beads we made by hand
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are now-a-days made in ja-pan

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Cher-o-kee peo-ple, cher-o-kee tribe
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so proud you lived, so proud you died

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They took the whole in-di-an na-tion
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locked us on this res-er-va-tion
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though I wear a shirt and tie
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I'm still a red-man deep in-side

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Cher-o-kee peo-ple, cher-o-kee tribe
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so proud you lived, so proud you died

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But may-be some-day when they’ve learned
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Cher-o-kee na-tion will re-turn.