Fwd: "The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)

[Laurence Horn]

Besides the obvious virtue of its elegance, this
line (in the positive versions) has the very nice
use of "yet" for 'still', which I assume derives
from German influence in Texas, as it does in
Wisconsin.  Any thoughts?

LH

>Date:         Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:05:22 EST
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>Subject:      "The sun has riz, the sun has set,
>and here we is in Texas yet" (1933)
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>I love this little line! Anything on the ProQuest databases that I no  longer
>have?
>...
>Google Books also has this, without a date:
>...
>_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 ...
>...
>...
>...
>_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/)
>...
>
>"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_
>(http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00743071&id=HvINAAAAIAAJ&q="sun+has+riz"+"sun+has+set"&dq="sun+has+riz"+"sun+has+set"&ie=ISO-8859-1&p
>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_
>(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0738843229&id=ZYkGKErT3mcC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&ots=CXBZ1tMfd_&dq="out+of+texas+yet"&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=A
>OVh21YCVkhZMEXcqrtYqslDUO8)
>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_
>(http://thirtysecondstomars.emiforums.com/lofiversion/index.php/t289719-250.html)
>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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