This is the tale of John Cherokee
    Alabama John Cherokee
Injun man of the Miramashee
    Alabama John Cherokee, way, hey, yah
    Alabama John Cherokee, way, hey, yah
    Alabama John Cherokee

They made him a slave down in Alabam'
He run away every time he can

They gave him nothing to eat or drink
How his bones began to clink

And now his ghost is often seen
Sitting in the middle of Galway Green