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His father was a man who could never understand

The shame on a red mans face

So they lived in the hills and they never came down

But to trade in the white mans place

It was early in the spring when the snow had disappeared

They came down with a bag of skins

In the fall of the year of 1910

Daddy died by the rope down in cherokee bend.

Daddy didnt like what the white man said

bout the dirty little kid at his side

Daddy didnt like what the white man did

Nor the deal or the way that he lied

There was blood on the floor of the government store

When the men took his daddy away

But the boy stayed back till he come to his end

And he run like the wind from cherokee bend.

Now the mother was alone and the winter was at hand

And she prayed to her spirit kin

It was warm in the lodge in the kentucky hills

On the day when the boy came in

Then a blizzard came down and it covered up the door

Till they thought that it never would end

And he told her the tale of the terrible affair

In the government store down in cherokee bend

Daddy didnt like what the white man said

bout the dirty little kid at his side

Daddy didnt like what the white man did

Nor the deal or the way that he lied

For three long days and three long nights

They wept and they mourned and then

She returned to her work and her weavin

And they tried to forget about cherokee bend

Now the boy wasnt big but he hunted what he could

And they lived for a time that way

But the food run low and the meat went bad

And she said to the boy one day

Im leaving tonight and I never will return

From the land of my spirit kin

You must take what you need and trade what you can

For a red mans grave down in cherokee bend

It wasnt very long till she closed her eyes

And he wrapped her in a robe

He found her a place on the side of the hill

And he buried her in the snow

Early in the spring he was seen in the town

With his load looking ragged and thin

Not a year had gone by till he stood once again

In the government store down in cherokee bend

He was ten years tall and a redskin too

So he hadnt much face to save

And the men sat around and they laughed and they clowned

At the talk of a criminals grave

Then the man from the east didnt smile when he said

Youre the son of that indian scum

If you value your hide then you better abide

By the white mans rules here in cherokee bend.

Daddy didnt like what the white man said

bout the dirty little kid at his side

Daddy didnt like what the white man did

Nor the deal or the way that he lied

And he spit on the floor of the government store

And it served him to no good end

At the close of the day they had taken him away

To the white mans school down at cherokee bend

Its been 21 years since the boy disappeared

Where he run to, nobody knows

But they say he fell in with a man named jim

And he rides in the rodeos

And they say he returns all alone to a place

Hidden deep in the kentucky glen

And its pretty well known who hauled up the stone

To the grave on the hill above cherokee bend

Daddy didnt like what the white man said

bout the dirty little kid at his side

Daddy didnt like what the white man did

Nor the deal or the way that he lied

There was blood on the floor of the government store

When the men took his daddy away

It was 1910 and they never had a friend

When he died by the rope down at cherokee bend

It was 1910 and they never had a friend

When he died by the rope down at cherokee bend

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