lirik lagu jesse jack murray – trail of tears
the year of 1830 is where my tale begins
the southeastern mountains started givin’ gold and then
the elbowroom for the pickin’ growin’ mighty slim
the united states stretched out its great arms again
over the indi- indi- indians
president andrew jackson signed it into law with pen
the indian removal act, oh, was guaranteed and then
but the government was peacefully negotiatin’ with them
if the indians refused, the contingency plan is kick ’em off the land
the cherokee, seminole, chickasaw, the choctaw, and creek—
you had five civilized tribes living east of the mississippi
even with -ssimilation the price would be too steep
for twenty-some million acres, all you laid down
you kissed the devil’s wood heels
so thus began the tedious burden of removal
while treaty rights and supreme court rulings were denied and refused
you know, john marshall’s court declared we must abide by what we swore
jackson said the inevitability of progress is not (your decision)
your decisions here are stillborn, stillborn
so progress is what he cited as the reason for migration
to save ’em from extinction we must remove them from the nation
their rights do not compare with the visions of so many
jackson said my gospel should be plenty to get my face on the twenty, the twenty
by 1838 the task had fallen to the hand of van beuren, oh
but nothing could have changed, the same god they had been servin’
they coerced them into signin’, but the princ-p-l chief—he never signed it
but there was nothin’ to be done once the feds had it in writing, in writing
so little bit by little bit, as it is with most great evils
their people have been sacrificed upon civilization’s table
from the city to the state, from the state across the country
there’s blood upon this land, and there’s a curse upon the centuries
and it shames me when i think of how my nation still refuses
to take upon their father’s guilt and repent for these abuses
we still laud the names of jackson, sherman, washington, and lincoln
but we demonize the names of men who’ve done much lesser evils
let’s not forget the game in which we play is the game of inches
life is short, life is long—it all depends on who’s the victim
and everything we say or do, you know, may still be used against us
when the judge of every nation calls upon their blood to witness
the cry from the death march was so fierce
after two hundred years we still call it the trail of tears
one georgia soldier looking back recalled
it was the cruelest business that he ever saw, ever saw
in record cold and winter months they left
men, women, and children walked a thousand miles into the west
some thirty thousand cherokee moved on
some four thousand died between tennessee and oklahoma
and it won’t be made right until the day
the land is restored and their debt erased from the grave
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