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Not really sure, but the site Song facts says: The song title alludes to a severe drought that affected the South Western Great Plains region of the United States during the 1930s. The drought b...
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Kevin Shenouda
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2022-03-07T19:28:21Z (about 2 years ago)
Not really sure, but the site [Song facts](https://www.songfacts.com/facts/mumford-sons/dust-bowl-dance) says: > The song title alludes to a severe drought that affected the South Western Great Plains region of the United States during the 1930s. The drought brought the arid region to its knees and turned it into a vast dust bowl. Thousands of farm families were forced to flee west and scratch a living anyway they could. Grapes of Wrath focuses on the Joads, a poor family of sharecroppers trapped in the Dust Bowl who set out for California seeking jobs, land and a future.