This song refers to 3 historical events that each occured on April 14 , or Ruination Day as she calls it. The assasination of Abraham Lincoln and the sinking of the Titanic occured on April 14. The okies fled line refers to the Dust Bowl migration in the '30s and specifically April 14, 1935, also known as Black Sunday when the worst dust storm of the era occured.
This song refers to 3 historical events that each occured on April 14 , or Ruination Day as she calls it. The assasination of Abraham Lincoln and the sinking of the Titanic occured on April 14. The okies fled line refers to the Dust Bowl migration in the '30s and specifically April 14, 1935, also known as Black Sunday when the worst dust storm of the era occured.