“When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard, honest work, I’m happy to inform I’m no longer young” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
“When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard work, I am no longer young” was posted on Facebook by Kenneth Stewart on May 5, 2021. “When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard, honest ad painstaking work, I’m no longer young….” was posted on Twitter by mariana Z on May 7, 2021. “WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WAS POOR. BUT AFTER YEARS OF HARD, HONEST WORK, I’M HAPPY TO INFORM I’M NO LONGER YOUNG” was posted on Facebook by Crazy World on May 8, 2021.
Facebook
Kenneth Stewart
May 5, 2021 at 11:43 PM ·
When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard work, I am no longer young.
Twitter
Harold Franklin, Slaughterer of Thousands
@hfrank6048
When I was young, I was poor.
But after years of hard, honest and painstaking work, I’m no longer young.
11:51 AM · May 7, 2021·Twitter for iPad
Twitter
mariana Z
@mariana057
When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard, honest ad painstaking work, I’m no longer young….
8:40 PM · May 7, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
@MelissaKahn7
@MelissaKahn7
When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard, honest and painstaking work, I’m no longer young.
9:16 PM · May 7, 2021·Buffer
Facebook
A. D. Justice
May 7, 2021 at 10:07 PM ·
When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard work, I am no longer young.
Facebook
Santa Lou Martinez
May 7, 2021 at 11:43 PM ·
When I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard, honest and painstaking work, I’m no longer young.
Facebook
Crazy World
May 8, 2021 at 1:09 PM ·
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I WAS
POOR. BUT AFTER YEARS OF
HARD, HONEST WORK, I’M
HAPPY TO INFORM I’M NO
LONGER YOUNG.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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