“The sun has riz, the sun has se t, and here we is in Texas yet” (1933)

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I love this little line! Anything on the ProQuest databases that I no  longer 
have?
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Google Books also has this, without a date:
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_The Bulb Horn - Page 13_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=0jUaVgfS0LhJtNTLER&id=98e4ZfXmmfAC&q="sun+has+set"+"texas+yet"&dq="sun+has+set"+"texas+yet"&ie=
ISO-8859-1) 
by Veteran Car Club of  America
The sun has riz, the sun has set, and I ain't  out of Texas yet. “My Blue 
Heaven” 
playing on radio, appropriate for  1928 car. Very dull, nothing to see but ...
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_http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/the_sun_has_riz_the_sun_has_s
et_and_here_we_is_in_texas_yet/_ 
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/texas/entry/the_sun_has_riz_the_sun_has_set_and_here_we_is_in_texas_yet/) 
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“The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas  yet”
 
"The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet” shows how  
large Texas is. These lines are said to have been written by a hobo in the early 
 1900s. 

Compare these verses to the _“Brooklyn  National Anthem” (or “Bronx National 
Anthem")_ 
(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/brooklyn_national_anthem_spring_is_sprung/)  of the same period. ("Spring  is sprung, 
the grass is riz, I wonder where the flowers is.") 


_Google  Books_ 
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gis=1)  
One Clear Call 
by Upton Sinclair 
New York: Viking  Press 
1948 
Pg. 351: 
“The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we  is in Texas yet.” 

_Google  Groups_ 
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Green Pastures 
by Dorothy Williams 
Xlibris  Corporation 
2001 
Pg. 96: 
We were in Texas now—the signs all said so,  cautioning us to “Drive 
Friendly.” Rod kept repeating an old corny phrase he has  picked up somewhere. “The 
sun is risen, the sun is set, and we ain’t out of  Texas yet.” 

_30STM  Bulletin Board_ 
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PesticidePrincess 
Apr 4 2005, 03:57 PM 
Texas is  about as varied a state as you can get… we have everything from 
swamp to desert.  It also takes 12+ hours to drive from one side to the other 
across the longest  part. Thus the saying “The sun has risen. The sun has set, 
and I ain’t out of  Texas yet.” 

_Fanway.com_ (http://fanway.com/dallas.htm)   
Monday, August 15, 2005 
That’s a long road when you consider the old  Texas saying “the sun has 
risen and the sun has set and I aint out of Texas  yet.” 

_Hug the Panda_ (http://maever.blogspot.com/2006/09/road-to-seattle.html)   
Monday, September 18, 2006 
The road to Seattle... 
I’m not  sure who I first heard this from, I think it was my grandma: 
“The sun has  risen and the sun has set, and we’re not out of Texas yet!” 

19 September  1933, Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), pg. 7, col. 4: 
“I’m from  Texas, fella—west Texas, and I’m going back tomorrow. He grinned 
when he said  it. He reminded one of the jingle a tramp wrote on a boxcar: “
The sun has ris’,  the sun has set, and here I am in Texas yet.” 

12 September 1942,  Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) Herald, pg. 11, col. 5:  
BIG AS  ALBERTA 
The sun has riz, 
The sun has set, 
And here we is 
In  Texas yet. 

4 October 1961, Arizona Daily Sun, pg. 1, col. 2:  
“The sun is riz, the sun is set, and her I is in this tree yet.” 

14  November 1965, Port Arthur (TX) News, pg. 4, col. 6: 
First poem  written by a Texas traveler: 
“The sun has riz, 
The sun has set— 
And  here I iz 
In Texas yet.” 

4 August 1974, Port Arthur (TX)  News, pg. 9C, col. 2: 
Out of Alpine on the route to Van Horn he  notes, “The sun has riz, the sun 
has set, and here we is, in Texas yet.”  

21 December 1981, Elyria (OH) Chronicle-Telegram, pg.   34?  
An old Texas jingle is “The sun is riz, the sun is set, and we  ain’t out of 
Texas yet!” Texas is big! 

10 July 1999, Gettysburg (PA)  Times, pg. B7: 
An old Texas Jingle is “the sun is riz, the sun is  set, and we ain’t out of 
Texas yet.” It is the second largest state in area,  after Alaska. 

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