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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 16th showing, which just happens to include the results of the 'gender reveal' party - Enjoy!

My Story!

Episode 19
Wow, June turned out to be a very exciting month. Daddy said that if we are lucky, we might even see some sunshine, well we did for a few days anyway and we really made the most of that sunshine.
We didn’t manage to visit cousin Betty in Windermere as she was poorly. Daddy says we may be able to go there later when she is feeling better.
I went on a play date with Daddy and some of my little friends. We did role play in a pretend café and it was great fun.
We also had some birthdays in June. GGs was on the 20th; Grandad Simon’s was on the 25th and Great Auntie Janet had her birthday on the 12th up in heaven. GG told me that in January the angels came to visit Great Auntie Janet and they loved her so much that they took her back to heaven to live with them there. We miss her very much but GG tells me not to be sad as she will be very happy in her new forever home.
So how did we celebrate the birthdays? Well on a lovely sunny day we all went to St Anne’s for a double birthday party at Tiggi’s. But first we had a walk down the prom’. I was on my Panda bike and GG was on his ‘walker’. We had a little race which I won and GG said my wheels were too hot for him (it must have been the sunshine that made them hot).
But the best part of the day was when we went to the ‘Splash Park’. I thought it would just be another bathing pool - but it wasn’t. Oh, there was plenty of water there but it was coming up and down and sideways and it wet me through – but I loved it that much that I didn’t want to come out until GG shouted, ‘Who wants a pizza?’. I suddenly realized that I was hungry so mummy dried me off and we all went to Tiggi’s for the birthday party. We had a lovely time but it had been such a busy day that I fell asleep in the car as we drove home. That night when I went to bed, I had a lovely dream that I was once again in the ‘Water Park’. It was so real that I couldn’t believe I was dry when I woke up. I do hope we can go there again when the sun comes out. However, Daddy says not to hold my breath, which is a bit silly as I can’t even see my breath - Can you?
I also went to my nursery a few times and also visited Nanna Ruth’s and Grandma Cathie's as well. Daddy says that next month we can also visit that special ‘chippy’ in Blackpool and then have a nice walk along the ‘Prom’. I’ll be sure to tell you all about it. So I will say bye bye until my next adventure.

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