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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 25

Well, I thought it would never come until that special morning when Mummy and Daddy came into my bedroom and with big smiles wished me a Merry Christmas.
I hurried down stairs to see if Santa had called. I could see that his glass of milk, mince pie and the carrot for Rudolph had gone and I really hoped he had left some presents for me and Millie in return – And then I saw them all. There was so many that I didn’t know which to open first – Until I saw it poking out of the Christmas wrappings – It was just what I wanted, a Duggee bike and membership of the Squirrel Club. I knew I was going to have lots of fun riding on it (Watch out Daddy – I might run over your toes)! I then helped Millie open her presents. She never stopped smiling so I think that she liked them all.
Thank you very much Santa for our presents and I do hope you will call again next Christmas.
We then went to Grandma Cathie’s and Grandpa Andrew’s house for our Christmas dinner and it was very nice. Millie is still too young for dinner but I bet she will really enjoy it next year when she is older. There were even more presents for all of us. He sure does get around that Santa Claus.
We then went to Nanna Ruth’s and Grandad Simon’s house for tea and Great Nanna Margaret and GG were there as well – And would you believe it, there was even more presents waiting for us there. I just don’t know how Santa can do it all in one evening. I’m sure that he must be getting help from Amazon!
I almost forgot to tell you that before Christmas, we all went to a very special pantomime called Dick Whittington. It was special because Auntie Phoebe was playing the starring role of Dick himself. It was very good and we all enjoyed it very much (Oh yes, we did).
It was also Grandpa Andrew’s birthday in December. I went to his party and helped to blow out the candles on his cake. Millie will be able to help me next year.
We also had some lovely days out before and after Christmas and December turned out to be a real fun month. I wonder if next month will be as exciting? Daddy says it will be January and the start of a whole new year. Let’s hope that the New Year will be good for us and everybody in the world – I do hope so!
So, bye bye to everybody until 2025 xx

Adeline's Picture Gallery