Oklahoma

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, the mistletoe grows in the tree tops, And the birds sing their sweet melody, Oklahoma, the state of them Indians, And we'll praise her wherever we go." It is a land of "beautiful highways." Singers will never forget the state's "good people."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (recorded from Merle Lovell, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: home patriotic nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 513-514, "Oklahoma" (1 text)
Roud #16028
File: CAFS2513

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