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Can you remember the times,
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that you`ve held your head high?
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and told all your friends of your Indian claim,
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proud good lady and proud good man?
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Your great-great-grandfather from Indian blood sprang,
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and you feel in your heart for these ones.
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Oh, it`s written in books and in songs,
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that we`ve been mistreated and wronged.
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Well, over and over I hear the same words,
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from you, good lady, and you, good man.
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Well, listen to me if you care where we stand,
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and you feel you`re a part of these ones.
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When a war between nations is lost,
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the loser, we know, pays the cost.
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But even when Germany fell to your hands,
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consider, dear Lady, consider, dear man,
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you left them their pride and you left them their land,
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and what have you done to these ones?
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Has a change come about Uncle Sam,
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or are you still taking our lands?
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A treaty forever George Washington signed,
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he did, dear Lady, he did, dear man.
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And the treaty`s being broken by Kinzua Dam,
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and what will you do for these ones?
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Oh, it`s all in the past, you can say,
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but it`s still going on here today.
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The government now wants the Iroquois land,
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that of the Seneca and the Cheyenne.
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It`s here and it`s now you must help us, dear man,
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now that the buffalo`s gone.
Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie