Real Mccoy?

 

Who is the real McCoy?

Which of these ladies was real?

Or were they just icons of their times?

We all believe in the stories of our times.

We don't always understand them nor want 

To disbelieve them.

What harm is it any ways.

To create an image for the public

That might not be all true

There are times and there are reasons

Anyways these two were some of our 

Public images around the world

Was understood as American

As the real McCoy

Anywhere I went I was asked about them.

How was I supposed to know?

Do they know what Princess Anne

Is really like inside her castles?

Little Feather came out of nowhere

And stole the Oscar intended for Brando.

Brando was not unknown even to Monks

He was a world famous actor

And his fame proceeded him 

But she went up on stage

And said No!

He was not going to accept this Academy Award

The biggest thing in Hollywood is these prize.

It took decades for Newman to receive one

And I don't believe Redford has ever had the honor.

Who would turn one of these beauties' down?

She said it was for the Native American  movement.

The Indians had been abused for centuries

And had no outlet, unlike the Africans.

They were not brought over in ships.

They could not be deported.

Hunted down and murdered.

The life of an Indian princess 

In modern times included being denied

The Right to be human.

Schooling, medicine, employment

Even their teeth and hair were desired.

Every German wanted to stand there and imagine.

As it is this woman who is one of the icons

Of American Indians

Is perhaps not a real Indian herself.

Her parents were saddle makers 

Her father was San Franciscan

The son of a army man who said he was Native American

There is no other information

Except for his registration card

That is all she would have had to go on.

It is more than most would have had.

A lot of people showed up at Pow wows 

Making false claims and some were even believed.

In her case her mother was German

She also came from a family with a history

They lived in Los angles her grandparents

She grew up in a white family

Then discovered her roots 

In high school and community college

The times were for defiance

She was no different 

She picked up the cause

For her people 

An endangered species

Hunted and bred out of existence

It was her decision to give up

Her white heritage 

For the outcast

She had a successful run

As a political activists

And made a number of movies

Without appearing to do harm

To the people she claimed as her own

Perhaps she was the real mc coy.

As for the other lady.

The Queen of country music.

A complete fraud

She grew up a coal miners daughter

She said they were so poor

She did not know her ancestors

She married as soon as she could

Or her parents put her out of the house

Anyways her husband and her made it 

Through the rough times 

All those radio concerts

And record companies

Her name is synonymous with country music

There are others but she was more successful

Leading the charge in a mans world

Her world was pure Americana

No ethnic minorities

No fancy houses nor royalty

They were poor people

Who developed a music style

That took over the world

A concert in Moscow 

Was sold out if it was country muic

Once upon a time

Everyone wanted to hear American music

And see American women

They wanted to feel American

She was true to herself to the end

Living the life of an Appalachians

These people are separate

They came from nowhere

They stayed in an area with no working

Anything, electricity or water

There are still areas that feel 

Third worldish 

But her music rings out almost anywhere

And yet,

Her fathers family are the Webb's

Of Pennsylvania,

American Revolutionist

Famous Daniel Webb

Old east coast and wealthy

How did her grandparents 

End up where they were 

And digging for coal?

They should have been the owners 

OR did their parents have a fight

With mom and dad

And decided to run away?

The Homesteaders led by Daniel Boone

Were the original land grabbers

They came over the mountain

And descended on the valleys 

And hollows to become icons themselves

They never made it back home

Is all that we know 

Or at least never told her 

And then there was her mother's family

Jamestown descendant

She is both Indian and royalty

Her mother has a strong line

Of traders and Indian Chiefs

She can also trace her ancestor

To King James IV of Scotland

A complete fake!

Our lady of Country music.