The Big Apple: “Fuck Y’all, I’m from Texas” ("Fuck You, I’m from Texas")

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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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Entry from September 22, 2007

“Fuck Y’all, I’m from Texas” ("Fuck You, I’m from Texas")

"Fuck Y’all, I’m From Texas” is a t-shirt slogan that’s been current since the 1980s.

See also “Fuck Texas” and “Tuck Fexas.”

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Google Groups: tx.politics
Newsgroups: tx.politics
From: (Joe Mullally)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1992 00:41:06 GMT
Local: Fri, Jan 24 1992 8:41 pm
Subject: Re: Moral absolution (was Re: religious schools)

To which I might add: IF you believe this, and IF this is true, is one that would wear a T-shirt that says “FUCK YOU-I’M FROM TEXAS” a Christian?

Google Groups: houston.general
Newsgroups: austin.general, houston.general, utexas.general, tamu.general
From: “Jamais & Mike”
Date: 1998/03/27
Subject: Re: Screw the Phone Company!

...I like Tracey… she’s got that “fuck y’all I’m from Texas” attitude…

Salon (July 31, 2006)
I am not a Texan. Mind you, I’m not apologizing, though maybe I am being a little bit defensive. Texas was its own country once, and Texans have never come close to getting over it. Just last week, on North Lamar here in cosmopolitan Austin, I saw a homeless guy wearing a black T-shirt that said, in big white letters, “Fuck y’all. I’m from Texas.” Which is a hilarious and even charming sentiment from a homeless guy, but not so funny when it comes from, say, the president of the United States.

T-Shirt Watch (August 9, 2006)
Fuck Y’All I’m From Texas Slogan Shirt
Nothing beats a good state slogan t-shirt. They’re really a staple of the slogan shirt genre. This Texas state slogan tee is a great example. If you don’t piss off at least a few people with a state slogan shirt it’s means your shirt’s no good. Fuck Ya’ll I’m from Texas is is sure to offend a the uptight and get a big laugh from the rest. And this photo only helps.

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