"All dressed up and no place to go" (1913)

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HERE COME THE JUDGE--I don't know if I had made it clear, but I had posted that citation because it states that Markham used it in 1928. I believe that it is earlier and pre-Pigmeat.


The American Heritage Dictionary of Quotations has "All dressed up with nowhere to go" from William Allen White, 1916. Meatloaf sang that lyric as well, in the 1970s.


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News of the Theaters.; "The Red Canary" Is Quite Worth While.
PERCY HAMMOND. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Oct 21, 1913. p. 10 (1 page):
"All Dressed Up and No Place to Go" is the title of Raymond Hitchock's comic lamentation this season in "The Beauty Shop"

THE CATERPILLAR.
GEORGE FITCH. The Atlanta Constitution (1881-2001). Atlanta, Ga.: Mar 18, 1914. p. 4 (1 page):
As a matter of fact, the caterpillar is all dressed up and has nowhere to go.

"All Dressed Up and No Place to Go--" Did That Song Writer Ever Live Here?; We Need a Place to Rest, a Place to Laugh and Frolic
Isma Dooly. The Atlanta Constitution (1881-2001). Atlanta, Ga.: Apr 4, 1915. p. C3 (1 page)