Paul Revere & the Raiders were great, but Loudermilk's version of
Indian Reservation is better (IMO :-)
("The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian")
Written by John D. Loudermilk
They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
Tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
Taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud you lived, so proud to died
They took the whole Indian nation
Put us on this reservation
Big built houses by the score
Won't need tee-pees any more
They put our papoose in a crib
And took the buckskin from our rib
The old tee-pee we all love so
They're using now for just a show
Cherokee People, Cherokee tribe
So proud you lived, So proud you died
Although they've changed our ways of old
They'll never change our hearts and souls
Although I wear a man's shirt and tie
I'm still a red man deep inside
Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die
And someday when the world has learned
Cherokee Indian will return
Post by Big L InternationalMike Read will be doing a special on John D Loudermilk this coming
Sunday at 9pm on Big L International. He will be talking and playing
some of the tracks Loudermilk has penned and sung during the course of
his career.
The programme airs this Sunday at 9pm (bst) on Sky Digital Channel
0190 and online atwww.bigl.co.uk