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  • As opposed to Alan-a-Dale playing Tywin - lampster65 - May. 21st, 2010 02: 37 pm (UTC) Expand kto810 wrote:

    No Place Like Home grrm 2010

  • Harriet: "Oo De Lally" is the very beginning of the film, sung by the narrator Alan-a-Dale, the traveling minstrel played by Roger Miller.

    Robin Hood's "Oo De Lally," Translated Into 14 Languages - Waxy.org 2009

  • Russell Crowe casts friend as Alan-a-Dale in ROBIN HOOD →

    QUARANTINE another unnecessary remake? Simon muses… | Obsessed With Film 2009

  • Raced and trained by McDowell, att age two Alan-a-Dale won three of his four starts but the following year health problems kept him out of racing until Kentucky Derby time.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Alan-a-Dale (1899-1925) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1902 Kentucky Derby.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • There came Little John and Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale in glittering garments, with smooth, fair brows and tuneful voices, to circle and sing.

    A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Hamlin Garland 1900

  • In classic Hood folklore, Alan-a-Dale was a wandering minstrel who became a member of Robin's band of outlaws, the "Merry Men."

    Obsessed With Film 2009

  • Great Big Sea to play Alan-a-Dale in his next movie ROBIN HOOD.

    Obsessed With Film 2009

  • Unfortunately, when I talked to Doyle about his upcoming Thursday night show at the Halifax Metro Centre with bandmates Bob Hallett and Sean McCann, he was still sworn to secrecy about the latter topic, but this week the St. John's-based musician announced that he's been tapped to play the role of Robin Hood's musical muse Alan-a-Dale in a new adaptation directed by Ridley Scott and starring Doyle's pal Russell Crowe.

    The Chronicle Herald - Maintenance Feed 2009

  • As the centuries went by, Robin acquired a title (the Earl of Huntington), a chaplain (a "curtal friar," later named Tuck), a minstrel (Alan-a-Dale), and a girlfriend (originally "Chlorinda the Queen of the Shepherdesses," and later Maid Marion.

    Robins Hood Walter Jon Williams 2007

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