Wake up and die right

Is there such a phrase as "wake up and die right"

Well, if there wasn't before, there is now. Inventing new turns of phrase is not just for novelists and poets and such; it's perfectly legal for anyone to take the language out for a spin.

Now, as to whether it's a *famous* or often-quoted phrase, I'll leave that up to others. It's new to me.

It sounds like a turn on the traditional "Straighten up and fly right," perhaps with contamination from "Wake up and smell the coffee." ~rb

Having launched this phrase (it is new to me, too) you now have to decide what it means.

DFG