Indian Reservation Lyrics

Indian Reservation

Indian Reservation

Artists: Paul Revere and the Raiders (peak Billboard
position # 1 in 1971)
Words and Music 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


Transcribed by Ronald E.
Hontz
ronhontz
worldnet.att.net