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A Trail of Tears for the Cherokee

Religion and school book learning

Civilization is for every man

Children running and villages burning

There’s a reason behind every plan

Big ships brought our forefathers

Big ships took them across the sea

A new home for their sons and daughters

A trail of Tears for the Cherokee

Cherokee had sons and daughters

Cherokee had a way of life

Cherokee had mothers and fathers

Tell me now how they had no rights

Big churches with tall white steeples

Christianity is a famous brand

Love your neighbor and all God’s people

Cherokee tried to understand

Hypocrites come in varied sizes

But the truth can’t be denied

There’s no room for compromises

When you’re talking about genocide

Cherokee had sons and daughters

Cherokee had a way of life

Cherokee had mothers and fathers

Tell me now how they had no rights

There’s monuments to the Revolution

Bronze statues standing in the squares

Wooden plaques for our Constitution

But who remembers the Trail of Tears?

I am not asking for restitution

Those guilty are in Gods hands

Revenge is a bad solution

Tell the truth now that’s a plan

Cherokee had sons and daughters

Cherokee had a way of life

Cherokee had mothers and fathers

Tell me now how they had no rights

-Drouillard