Best and earliest I've been able to find is in the lyrics of "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" especially as performed in the movie It Happened One Night (1934).
Alas and alack means sadly or too bad.
An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
"Alas" is an interjection of commiseration, sorrow, regret, or grief.
It could be a corruption of a Shakespearian quote from Hamlet, in which the character says "Alas, poor Yorik, I knew him." The slang makes it difficult, though, as it may just be "I hardly knew her." which seems simple enough.
Florence believes Randy is a Peeping Tom
Alas and alack means sadly or too bad.
"Alas, Babylon" is a phrase taken from the Bible, specifically the Book of Revelation. It is used in the novel of the same name by Pat Frank as a code between two brothers to signify a catastrophic event has occurred.
From Shakespear's "The Merchant of Venice"
One example of an allusion in "Alas, Babylon" is the reference to the biblical phrase "Alas, Babylon" which is from the Book of Revelation in the Bible. This allusion is used as a code phrase between characters to signal impending danger or disaster, drawing on the biblical connotation of destruction and judgment.
You could make the word ask.You can also make a, alas, as, and la.
Leopoldo Alas's birth name is Leopoldo Alas Mnguez.
Alas, I could not answer this question.
Alas Building was created in 1955.
Mel Alas was born in 1969.
Arnold Alas died in 1990.
Arnold Alas was born in 1911.
Banco Alas was created in 1979.