The Big Apple: “It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up”

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 February 19, 2018

“It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up”

"It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on images. “No matter how low the dollar fell, the better to bend down and pick it up ...” was posted on Twitter on July 1, 2010.

“It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up”—the usual form of the saying—was posted on Twitter on February 19, 2013.

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DAVID BOND‏
@ISRAELIBOND
No matter how low the dollar fell, the better to bend down and pick it up ...
6:16 AM - 1 Jul 2010

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nateman quotes‏
@nateman78
It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up
3:10 PM - 19 Feb 2013

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TeamDTH‏
@TeamDTH
It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up.
3:19 PM - 19 Feb 2013

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Laserpalooza‏
@laserpalooza
It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up…
4:48 PM - 19 Feb 2013

25 February 2013, The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia), “Mouthing Off” by Marty Smith, pg. 20:
Anonymous speaking: “It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up.”

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Pam Taeuffer Author‏
@PamelaTaeuffer
It doesn’t matter how low the dollar will go, I will always bend down and pick it up. Anonymous #quote
11:02 AM - 21 Dec 2017

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Banking/Finance/Insurance • Monday, February 19, 2018 • Permalink