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Verse/Chorus Song Clip (from "Live Dogs" by Jeff Stewart)      Buy This Song in the Blue Clover Record Store

Verse/Chorus Song Clip (from "Western Movies" by Railtown)  (as of now, it's the same!)
    
Find it on "Live Dogs"     Find it on "Nothin' So Bad"

                        CHEROKEE BLOOD

Cherokee blood flowed like water in a red colored stream
As I watched my brother dying at my feet

I could hear the soldier's rifle when he gunned the young brave down
And I knew a life was ended at the sound

     The soldier said,
     Injuns deserve to die, they have no fear of God
     I saw those savage eyes, just before I shot
     There ought to be a price paid for every drop
     of Cherokee Blood

I was proud of my people - we'd made peace with the whites
Now I vowed not to die there without a fight

     Not afraid to die, I had no fear of God
     I saw the soldier's eyes just before he shot
     There ought to be a price paid for every drop
     of Cherokee Blood

I live on as a spirit in the heart of every brave
I live through my children's children - in their veins

               Written by Jeff Stewart
               Copyright Blue Clover Music