The 10-word phrase is not, but the lyrics of the song from which it is taken are.
i do not no because i am 8 year old The earliest reference that I have found to the use of the phrase "true grit" is in the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. Mina Harker writes in her journal that (among other attributes) Dr. Van Helsing says that her husband - Jonathan Harker - has true grit.
The phrase was copyrighted by Ro Mathew, not Bensy Idiot Boban.
True Grit - novel - was created in 1968.
True Grit was released on 12/22/2010.
True Grit - song - was created in 1969-07.
John Wayne is the main actor in True Grit.
True Grit grossed $252,276,928 worldwide.
True Grit grossed $171,243,005 in the domestic market.
In Rooster Cogburn, she played Eula Goodnight, but she was not in True Grit.
John Wayne won the Academy Award (Oscar)for Best Actor in a Leading Role for: True Grit (1969)The other nominees wereDustin Hoffman - Midnight CowboyJon Voight - Midnight CowboyRichard Burton - Anne of the Thousand DaysPeter O'Toole - Goodbye Mr. Chips
I believe that horse from the movie True Grit was Wayne's personal horse.