"Chin up, shoulders back. Wipe those tears and get back on track. Smile, wave and wink with class, then tell them all to kiss your ass” is a jocular inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying possibly originated with this ecard.
“Chin up shoulders back wipe those tears get on track smile n wave n wink with class then tell all to kiss your ass✌” was posted on Twitter by Dee on April 13, 2013. “Chin up; shoulders back, wipe those tears an get on track. Smile and wave and wink with class, then tell ‘em all to kiss your ASS” was posted on Twitter by Shayla Brown on April 13, 2013.
“Get on track” is usually “get back on track,” and “smile and wave and wink” is usually “smile, wave and wink.” “Chin up, shoulders back. Wipe those tears & get back on track. Smile, wave, & wink with class. Then tell them all to kiss your ass” was posted on Twitter by Ashley on April 29, 2013.
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Dee
@dcasaceli18
Chin up shoulders back wipe those tears get on track smile n wave n wink with class then tell all to kiss your ass✌
5:24 PM · Apr 13, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Shayla Brown
@Shayla_Brown
Chin up; shoulders back, wipe those tears an get on track. Smile and wave and wink with class, then tell ‘em all to kiss your ASS.
9:54 PM · Apr 13, 2013·iOS
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Tessa Johnson
@LilTeeTee_
“Chin up; shoulders back, wipe those tears an get on track. Smile and wave and wink with class, then tell ‘em all to kiss your ASS.”
10:42 PM · Apr 13, 2013·Twitter for Android
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Rose
@__lamere
“Chin up, shoulders back. Wipe those tears get on track. Smile and wave, wink with class, then tell em’ all to kiss your ass!”
9:59 PM · Apr 14, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
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morgan brown
@morganntayyy
Chin up, shoulders back, wipe those tears, get on track. Smile and wave and wink with class, then tell ‘em all to kiss your ass.
2:15 PM · Apr 15, 2013·iOS
Twitter
Ashley
@sillenakyelhsa
Chin up, shoulders back. Wipe those tears & get back on track. Smile, wave, & wink with class. Then tell them all to kiss your ass.
9:00 PM · Apr 29, 2013·Twitter SMS
Twitter
Courtney Dodson
@Cdodson_7
Chin Up, Shoulders Back, Wipe Those Tears & Get Back On Track. Smile, Wave & Wink With Class Then Tell Them All To Kiss Your Ass.
12:58 AM · Apr 30, 2013·Twitter Web Client
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Dr SLS
@DrSLJ
“Chin up, shoulders back,
Wipe those tears & get back on track,
Smile, wave & wink with class,
Then tell them all to kiss your ass”
4:11 AM · Aug 21, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
𝔭𝔢𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔱
@srslydollface
Chin up!
Shoulders back
Wipe those tears
Get back on track
Smile and wave
Wink with class
And tell them all
To kiss your ass!
Credit: Hollie Would (tiktok)
2:54 PM · May 9, 2020·Twitter for Android
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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