Texas Tommy (1911, 1955); "Land of Tall Women and Virgin Pines" (East Texas)

[Wilson Gray]

My birthplace, Marshall, is located in the heart of the East Texas
Piney Woods region. I've never heard or heard of the saying. However,
there are any number of reasons that I wouldn't be familiar with it,
beginning with sheer chance.

What say you, Charlie?

-Wilson

On 11/14/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      Texas Tommy (1911, 1955); "Land of Tall Women and Virgin Pines"
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> Maybe the Texans of this list have heard of the Piney Woods in East Texas
> called the "Land of Tall Women and Virgin Pines." It may once have been "Land of
>  Tall Pines and Virgin Women," but that was probably a long time ago.
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> ...
> The "Texas Tommy" dance was popular about 1911. Some sources give the
> creator as Johnnie Peters and others as Charlie Peters.
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> Anybody have anything on "Texas Tommy" hot dogs?
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> Do DARE, OED, HDAS have anything for "Texas Tommy"? (Not the singing group
> of "Texas Tommies.)
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> _http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/land_of_tall_women_and_virgin
> _pines_piney_woods_east_texas/_
> (http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/land_of_tall_women_and_virgin_pines_piney_woods_east_texas/)
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> ...
> _http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_tommy_dance/_
> (http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/texas_tommy_dance/)
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