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Rated: E · Poetry · Cultural · #1684349
Poem of the Cherokee, taken from their land after helping white man win the revolution
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Sacred Hills

The rushing waters speak to all that hear.
Sacred hills remember the Cherokee.
To help his friend, the white man, become free
his many battles fought with gun and spear.


To purge their brothers hearts of their cold fear
and push English from the shores they did see.
The rushing waters speak to all that hear.
Sacred hills remember the Cherokee.

With swift change their brother's black hearts did rear
and forced the Cherokee to run and flee.
The land that was their home by the blue sea
would nevermore be theirs though close and dear.
The rushing waters speak to all that hear.



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