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The Trail Of Tears -(original Folk)
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A descriptive song with dates, names of events and a little hisory...the Trail of Tears...I hope I did the Cherokee language justice at the end, thanks for listening
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Country/rock/folk with a pinch of blue's and a touch of traditional....occasionally songs have an extra pinch of paprica for flavor :-P
Loraine writes, plays and sing originals and covers...she has been played in several different countries on FM stations and have hit the charts...Music produced by Loraine at a home studio or Echota Records in Georgia USA....
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
#2,287 in subgenre Peak #4
Charts
Peak #31
Author
loraine Gordon
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loraine Gordon
Uploaded
January 16, 2008
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MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:02
Story behind the song
A friend asked me to write a song about the Trail of tears, I really didnt know much about it, but what I learned touched me...and this song came out of it.
Lyrics
The Cherokee were on their way to land they did not know Forced to leave there homes behind, due to greed and gold The soldiers gathered them all up, Van Buren led the way And in the spring of 38… they took their land away It wasn’t without a fight that they left their homes Chief Ross petitioned to leave the cherokee all alone But congress greed, and White mans creed They had different plans… they didn’t care for the Indian no more native man They gathered them in Georgia, in New Echota they would start 1200 miles of harsh country, they were forced to march The trail was long and many died, as the tears they hit the ground And where they fell, the roses bloomed memories of freedom bound CHORUS So as the days went by, and spirits were low the Cherokee they would sing Amazing grace they sang from their hearts, for the comfort it would bring Now the trail of tears was many moons ago, but even to this day If you listen closely to the wind you can hear the Cherokee say "u ne la nv i u we tsi i ga go yv he I hna quo tso sv wi yu lo se i ga gu yv ho nv
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robin clark guthrie
Jan 08, 2009
You did a awesome job with this. Love it.