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             The Sweet Adeline Page!

The original 'Sweet Adeline' first appeared as a song in 1903. Legend has it that it was written by a little-known American song writer and was inspired by a girl who worked at the music counter of a New York department store. It became a hit in 1904 when it was performed by a popular close harmony group called The Haydn Quartet. Since then it has been in and out of fashion over the years.

In Charlie Chaplin's 1922 silent film, 'Pay Day', four men sing 'Sweet Adeline' outside a bar.
In 1926, Max Fleischer and Red Seal Pictures released an animated version of 'Sweet Adeline',
In 1939, Mickey Mouse serenades Minnie Mouse with 'Sweet Adeline' in 'The Karnival Kid'.
It was briefly performed in the 1930 Looney Tunes short 'The Booze Hangs High'.
It was performed by a quartet of sea turtles in the 1930 film 'The Haunted Ship'.
The song was performed by the Marx Brothers in their 1931 film 'Monkey Business'.
The song was performed by Edgar Kennedy, Robert Armstrong, William Cagney and Bud Jamison in the 1934 film 'Flirting With Danger'.
In the 1935 Looney Tunes short, 'Gold Diggers of '49', it is sung by a barbershop quartet.
The song was performed in the Howard Hawks comedy film 'Ball of Fire' in 1941.
It featured in the 1942 Preston Sturges comedy, 'The Palm Beach Story'.
The song was featured in a 1952 episode of the TV show 'I Love Lucy'.
In 1961, Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album '101 Gang Songs'.
The Seekers used the song was in their 1968 album, 'Live at the Talk of the Town'.
In 1993, the Simpsons episode 'Homer's Barbershop Quartet' features the song.

Since then, it appears to have fallen out of fashion as a song. However, the lovely name lives on, and on November 30th 2022, our own 'Sweet Adeline' made her appearance. She is the daughter of Paul Nelson and his partner Jenny Ross. She also happens to be the great granddaughter of our resident 'Bard' and he has persuaded us (with a large cash contribution) to run a regular photo feature on his little bundle of joy. Here then is the 22nd showing, which also includes news and pictures of Addie's baby sister, Millie - Enjoy!

My Story!

Episode 27

Well February was another busy month for all our family. There were two special days this month. One was called St Valentine’s Day. Mummy says that when two people like each other, they send special cards to each other. Now I didn’t get any so I thought that nobody likes me. Daddy laughed when I told him and said that I was probably too young, but if I stayed as cute as I am now, I will probably get hundreds of cards when I’m a big girl. Mmm! I wonder how does one stay cute? If you know the secret then please let me know.
The other special day was Daddies birthday on the 28th. He nearly didn’t make February as this was the last day of the month. Mummy said, not always as sometimes there’s an extra day in February. I’m so confused now. Can someone tell me what Mummy means?
Daddy has also been hard at work building a special play station for me and Millie. It will have 2 swings and a big slide and I’m really looking forward to playing on it with Millie when it’s finished (she’s not quite big enough yet but Mummy says that it won’t be long).
Mummy told me that later in the year we are going on holiday to Turkey. I thought that this was what you eat for Christmas dinner, but she said that there was also a country called Turkey, far, far away – I’m learning something new every day. Now I wonder if there’s a country called Chicken as well? I like chicken.
We also had lots of days out to places I’d never visited before. One was a place called Lancaster where we saw a big castle. Daddy said it was very old. Even older than Great Grandad Derek – Gosh! It must have been really old then.
My sister Millie is growing up very fast. She can now sit up by herself and is almost crawling. She is now eating solid food and it won’t be long before she can eat as much as me – and that’s a lot!
So that was what we did in February. Next month will be March. Daddy said to look out for the March Hare and if I want good luck then I have to say ‘White Rabbits’ three times on the first day in March. Now that was a bit confusing as I thought it would have been ‘White Hares’. It’s a funny old world sometimes but I’m learning a little more as each month goes by. I wonder what I will learn in March? I’ll be sure to tell you all about it next time – Bye for now xx.  

 Adeline's Picture Gallery

       And this is Lancaster Castle                    I bet you can't guess her name                       He just didn't run fast enough

             Sister Millie eats her first solid food                    Can you not go any faster Daddy            Look at the scardy - cats

  Captain Addie catches baddies                Sister Millie sitting up all by herself             Millie sitting on Great Grandad's knee                                    

This trolley aint big enough for 2                  Go away Mummy. I'm doing the lottery                        Give me a push Daddy

                              The play station is almost finished                                                         Having a sneaky swing                       

                                                             Helping Daddy to blow out the candles on his birthday cake

See more photos of Adeline and pals on our next update!