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Are you talking about the classic Okie From Muskogee?
Okie just meant somebody from Oklahoma, but the term became synonymous with the depression era migration to California. In the end, any migrant became known as Okies to the Californians.
Later, it was a term which was used for honest, hard working, simple folk. And Merle captured the essence of Okie in the song Okie From Muskogee.
I'm not an Okie, but I am from Muskogee (thats not a line from the song, its me talking).
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