I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people. (Woody Guthrie)

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

Woody Guthrie

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