Key: E major
Verse 1
by Peter Lafarge.
I'll tell you of a man,
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he was a half -breed too
He knew the woods and roamed them,
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he was an outcast true
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And when it came to hiding,
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he sure could not be found
They called him Johnny Halfbreed
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Halfbreeds ain't welcome here
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no curves do we allow
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So listen Johnny, half -breed,
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go out and get out now
Now the city that we speak of
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a mighty sea of trees
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All around in the forest, half -breed
Johnny rambled round
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He knew all about the eagle
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and where the honey could be found
Not a white man or an Indian,
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no parents and no land
The trees they were his teachers
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and the animals his clan
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He could converse with the otter
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and he held court with the bear
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They say he taught the fishes
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They called him Johnny Halfbreed
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Mongols ain't invited
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No curbs do we allow
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So listen Johnny Halfbreed
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Go out and get out now
Now in the town we speak of,
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the new mayor, he had a child
A girl of six or seven,
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and not uncommon wild
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Till once a flying squirrel
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tempted her to roam
She followed a half a mile or more
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until she lost the track
Panic hit her suddenly,
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she knew of no way back
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all about her every way
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when she got lost that day
They called him Johnny Halfbreed,
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Mongrels ain't invited,
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So listen, Johnny Halfbreed,
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go out and get out now
When she turned up missing,
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a mighty search was called
They feared that she was murdered,
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and worried she was mauled
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and the helicopters flew
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And when all that was finished,
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nothing's all they knew
Some mentioned Johnny,
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and some laughed it down
Some unspoke of woodcraft,
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and some said that for his clown
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a dirty lost half -breed
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But Johnny was their one hope,
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and they sent for him with steam
They call him Johnny Halfbreed,
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Halfbreeds ain't welcome here
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no courage will we allow
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So listen Johnny Halfbreed,
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go out and get out now
Johnny started searching
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until he tracked the child
He carried her in his half -breed
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arms out of the forest wild
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They said they'd learned
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that all people are the same
Johnny said,
you take your handshakes,
Ask for me by the whippoorwill,
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he'll say where I'll be found.
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and to hear the wild goose moan.
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I'm heading back to a wilderness,
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the forest is my home.
You
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