This version was probably the Original one, at least it's the
only one listed in BMI. By the New Sweethearts of Country Music.

DEAR OKIE - Recorded by Johnny and Jonie Mosby
Words and music by Rudy Sooter and Doye O'Dell

Oh! Dear Okie, if you see Arkie
Tell 'im Tex's got a job for 'im out in Cali-forn-y
Pickin' up prunes, squeezin' oil out of olives
Dear Okie, if you see Arkie
Tell 'im Tex's got a job for 'im out in Cali-forn-y
Rakin' up gold, playin' fiddle in the follies.

Well, he'll be lucky if he finds a place to live
But there's orange juice fountains flowin' for those kids of his
Oh! Dear Okie, if you see Arkie
Tell 'im Tex's got a job for 'im out in Cali-forn-y
Diggin' oil wells, all he needs is a shovel.

Oh! Dear Okie, If you see Arkie
Tell 'im Tex's got a job for 'im out in Californ-y
Selling used cars, just a-waitin' for the suckers
Dear Okie, If you see Arkie
Tell 'im Tex's got a job for 'im out in Californ-y
Just a-workin' in a bank, all he needs is some money.

Well, he'll be lucky if he finds a place to live
But there's orange juice fountains flowin' for those kids of his
Oh! Dear Okie, If you see Arkie
Tell 'im Tex's got a job for 'im out in Californ-y
Pickin' in a band, all he needs is a guitar.

TAG: Oh! Dear Okie, If you see Arkie
Tell 'im Tex's got a job for 'im out in Californ-y.

Repeat and fade.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 8-Aug-02.