ALICE

Subject: ALICE
From:
Date: 05 Apr 98 - 10:54 AM

Looking for the lyrics to an Irish Folk Song "Alice"

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Dale Rose
Date: 05 Apr 98 - 08:36 PM

I see your query is about to drop off the bottom of the daily list, so here is a thought, just to keep it rolling. How about Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair, done by Irish tenor, John McCormack many years ago? That is a Stephen Foster song, though.

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Alice
Date: 06 Apr 98 - 04:29 PM

[e-mail], maybe you should start a thread with a different title (Lyr.Request 'Alice') in case people think you are only trying to get my attention.;-)

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Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Dale Rose
Date: 06 Apr 98 - 06:49 PM

That's what I thought she meant at first, but then, maybe she would have said, "HEY, A L I C E!", if she had wanted you.

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Dale Rose
Date: 06 Apr 98 - 06:55 PM

Oops, shouldn't have said "her", just noticed that the writer does not specify gender, guess the Alice bit confused me.

Subject: RE: ALICE
From:
Date: 06 Apr 98 - 06:59 PM

What's 'Alice' in Gaelic? I don't think I've ever heard of an Irish Alice.

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Alice
Date: 06 Apr 98 - 08:42 PM

I don't know of a Gaelic equivalent, but it has been a name in my family (Flynn) handed down through the generations in County Leitrim. It sounds rather British to me, but the earliest record I have is my great/great grandmother Alice Cullen married to Lawrence Flynn in the early 1800's. It was a favorite girl's name, and they were farmers and weavers, so, who knows?

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Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Alice
Date: 23 May 98 - 12:49 AM

This is an old thread, but maybe someone can answer the question. I just looked up my name in an internet dictionary, and lo and behold the origin is "Celtic/Teutonic,"... any Gaelic speakers able to enlighten us?

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Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Harald
Date: 23 May 98 - 07:57 AM

I only know of Breton forms of Alice, spelled Aziliz or Alis. Problem is, most names were adopted from/to nearly every language, just with "adjusted" spelling. Which of the Sean/John/Johann/Jaouen/Jean is the original one ?

Subject: RE: ALICE
From:
Date: 23 May 98 - 09:29 AM

Back to 'romin's' original question.... Looking for the lyrics to an Irish folk song named 'Alice'.

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 May 98 - 07:47 PM

Could this be the song you're looking for? Here's page two. Whether or not this is the right song, it's certainly a fantastic resource - thousands of pieces of sheet music, all in almost-legible jpg's.
-Joe Offer, squinting-

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: alison
Date: 28 May 98 - 08:04 PM

hi,

Looked up my Irish names for children book.

"Ailis, Ailis (with acute accent over the 2nd I), Ailise, Ailse: Alicia, alice, Aylice, Elsha; a pet form of Adelaide(Teut. Adalheid, noble rank); aname introduced by th anglo-Normans. Ailidh and alaidh (Alley) are pet forms."

There you go Alice..... take your pick.

Slainte

alison

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Alice
Date: 28 May 98 - 10:06 PM

Yes, Joe, and if you save it in Photoshop and enlarge the image, you can ALMOST read the French lyrics, and most of the English ones. I don't think its the song "romin" is looking for, but you certainly found an interesting website. (You're having WAAY too much fun, today, Joe ;-)

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Largo
Date: 04 Jun 98 - 05:21 AM

Hi ! Just wanted to add one more name to "Harald's list" - Ivan. this is serious.

Cheers, Largo

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: AndreasW
Date: 04 Jun 98 - 07:09 AM

Yes, Ivan is the same origin. Think of the (still missing in the list) italian version of "Johann", Giovanni!

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Bert
Date: 04 Jun 98 - 10:55 AM

And the Scottish "Ewan"

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Jon W.
Date: 04 Jun 98 - 11:31 AM

Don't forget there are a few Johns mentioned in the New Testament so there must be an even old equivalent name in Aramaic or even Hebrew. I don't know how it's related, if at all, to my name Jonathan, which is originally ancient Hebrew.

Jon W.

Subject: RE: ALICE
From: Martin Ryan.
Date: 04 Jun 98 - 09:06 PM

At 2 in the morning, after several pints of Guinness, what comes to mind is a snatch (sic) of ".... Alice blue gown...." Anybody pin it down?

Regards