Good point about the indian woman warrior. However:
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Originally Posted by Aktungbby
"it's never over till the fat lady sings!"-attributed to Yogi Berra 
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It would seem the phrase was first used by Ralph Carpenter on March 10, 1976.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain'...fat_lady_sings
Yogi Berra's (actual, not attributed) was "It ain't over 'til it's over". To my surprise his phrase came first, in 1973. I always thought he was corrupting the other version, which he seemed to enjoy doing.