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Reflects farm workers' struggle to unionize. Parody of "Roll out the Barrel."

ROLL OUT THE PICKETS

Roll out the pickets
We'll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the pickets
Keep up the fight till we've won.
Associated Farmers
Will very soon…

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

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 a migrant's poverty in California.

Family of two unable to move forward to their destination in California.

Black and white photograph of children inside a car.

song about disappointment and wanting to go home

Recording of Robert Sonkin singing the song, "The Old Apple Tree in the Orchard"

Lyrics:
Oh! The old apple tree in the orchard
Lives in my memory
'Cause it reminds me of my Pappy
He was handsome, young and happy
When he planted the old apple…