loosey-goosey--antedating

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

       HDAS presents "loosey-goosey," with the first attestation being 1967. But I specifically remember hearing it in 1958, the year I finiished high school.  After graduation I went to a baseball camp in Tampa, Florida--at that time I wanted to play baseball professionally--and I specifically remember one of the two men who ran the camp. He was older (about 38) than the rest of us but liked to pitch batting practice.  He once told me that he loved the hot weather, because he then felt 'loosey-goosey.' i.e., all his muscles were loosened up and he      could pitch more easily.  I think that was the first time I heard       the expression used--in fact, I'm not sure I've heard it used since then.
    I know that memory can play tricks, but I'm as positive of this memory as is possible. And there's no doubt about the date, because it was right after I graduated from high school.

 Gerald Cohen