Too soon oldt und too late schmardt (1952)

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:21 AM -0500 1/17/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>TOO SOON OLD, TOO LATE SMART
>
>Over at Wilton "Word Origins"
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>(http://pub122.ezboard.com/fwordoriginsorgfrm1) ),  someone asked
>about
>this. Is it old? Is it Swedish?
>...
>It appears to be modern mock German.
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>...

We had this as a legend on a pitcher in our house when I was growing
up, almost certainly pre-dating '52, in the form (more or less) "We
get too soon oldt und too late schmardt".  I'd be surprised if it
couldn't be pushed back into the 40's or earlier.

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>Chicago  Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: May 22, 1952. p. 16 (1
>page)  :
>Vy iss it dot we are too soon oldt und too late schmardt?
>Bill of Zurich Heights
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>ELIZABETH RANNELLS. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Sep 14,
>  1952. p. F2 (1 page) :
>_So Right_
>Sign in bar: Ve get too soon old und too late schmart.
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