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song about disappointment and wanting to go home

Families traveling across the country, finding new places to live.

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- Weedpatch Camp, a "rescue camp" for distressed migrant workers, whom some disparagingly called "Okies," who had fled Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains. The camp was also referred…

Song reflecting Bryant's disappointment in his circumstances while crossing the desert and his homesickness.

A migrant camp in Weslaco, Texas. Refugees often created camps and lived there for some time as they were traveling.

Poem, written and performed by Lois Judd, detailing her experiences during the Dust Bowl.

Black and white photograph of children inside a car.

Mary Helen Bolton singing, "Dreamboat."

Poem recorded by the Library of Congress at a migrant farmer’s camp in California in the late 1930s.

Song reflecting a migrant's poverty in California.