Intro :
They took the whole cherokee nation
Put us on this rese vation
Took away our way o f life
Tomahawk and the prairi e-knife.
Took away our native tongue
Taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made b y hand
Are nowadays made in Ja pan.
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud you lived
So proud you'll die.
They took the whole Indian nation
Put us on this reser vation
Brick built houses by th e score
Don't need tepees an ymore.
Although they've changed our ways of old
They'll never change our heart a nd sou l
And suddenly when the world has learned
Cherokee Indian will return.
Will re turn
Will re turn
Will re turn
Will re turn
Will ret urn!