You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline
Music by Harry Armstrong
Words by Richard H. Gerard
1903
'Of course, yes, I remember. It came out in the evidence, didn't it? Your employer heard noises in the night, tracked them down to the library, where his safe was, and there you were, lying back in a chair with your feet on the table and a bottle in your hand, singing "Sweet Adeline".'
The Old Reliable. Chapter 10
'Then I'll sing "Sweet Adeline",' said Phipps with the air of a man who only strove to please. His repertory was wide, and if the audience did not want the four Hawaiians, 'Sweet Adeline' would do just as well.
The Old Reliable. Chapter 12
Five citizens submitted themselves to the test, and it was not long before additional Scotch and rye had to be sent for to keep up with their capacities. And of course all five of them singing Sweet Adeline in close harmony and telling the County Prosecutor (a) that their viwes did not understand them and (b) that they could lick any man in the room.
Plum Pie. Our Man in America 5th