Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the south-central region of the United States. Its nickname is the "Sooner State", and is part of a region commonly known as the American "Heartland." Oklahoma City is the state's capital and largest city. The Congressional Quarterly and Census report places Oklahoma in the Southern United States.

Oklahoma became the 46th state in the Union on November 16th, 1907.

Its residents are often called Okies.

Many displaced Oklahomans have expressed their desire to return to Oklahoma in song:

For the musical, see Oklahoma!

For the musical 1955 film, see Oklahoma (1955 film)

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• Zeke Clements; Oklahoma Blues

You can call me what you want to

But Okie is okay with me.

• Spade Cooley; All Aboard for Oklahoma

Going home to Oklahoma.

Yes I am.

Here's my train coming now

I homeward bound.

Yes, I'm going home today

And I expect to stay.

• Paul Westmoreland; Oklahoma Bound

Got my ticket in my hand

Gonna cross a lot of sand.

Oklahoma here I come!

• Paul Westmoreland; Oklahoma Bound

Bought a round-trip ride today,

Throwed the come-back part away.

Oklahoma's dear to me.

• Jack Guthrie/Woody Guthrie; Oklahoma's Calling

Oh, howl away you wild coyote,

I hear your sad, your lonesome song.

It's calling me to Oklahoma

Back to those hills where I belong.

• Jack Guthrie/Wava White; For Oklahoma, I'm Yearning

Let me hear a coyote howl,

Or a lonesome hound dog bay.

Back to the heart of those lonesome hills

I'm gonna be some day.

For Oklahoma I'm yearning.

• Jimmie Hall/Leon McAuliffe; Tulsa Straight Ahead

I'm gona settle down

When I reach that city fair.

I'm homeward bound

And I Know I'll soom be there

Where tall corn grows,

And the black oil flows,

In old O-K-L-A.

• Billy Hughes; Next to the Soil

I want to go back to Oklahoma.

I'm happy there

Living next to the soil.

• Leodie Jackson; Ramblin' Okie

And now I'd like to settle down,

In Oklahoma in my home town.

• Merl Lindsay; Lonesome Okie Goin' Home

But the sun in California

Doen't shine one half as bright

As the one Oklahoma,

So I'm startin' back tonight.