The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1441   Message #4816
Posted By: Nathan Sarvis (nsarvis@tenet.edu)
02-May-97 - 10:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dear Okie / Dear Oakie (O'Dell, Sooter)
Subject: Lyr Add: DEAR OKIE
From New Lost City Ramblers Vol.2 CD (Smithsonian Folkways) Credited to Doye O'Dell

Dear Okie, If you see Arkie, tell 'im Tex got a job for him out in Californie. Pickin' up prunes, squeezin' oil out of olives.
Dear Okie, If you see Arkie, tell 'im Tex got a job for him out in Californie, Rakin' up gold, playin' fiddle in the follies.
(Chorus) Now, he'll be lucky if he finds a place to live, but there's orange juice fountains flowin' for those kids of his.
Dear Okie, If you see Arkie, tell 'im Tex got a job for him out in Californie, Diggin' oil wells, all he needs is a shovel.