Robin Hood (1973)

Roger Miller: Allan-a-Dale - The Rooster

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Quotes 

• Alan-A-Dale : Oh, incidentally, I'm Alan-A-Dale, a minstrel. That's an early-day folk singer. My job is to tell it like it is, or was, or whatever.

• [first lines] 

  Alan-A-Dale : You know, there's been a heap of legends and tall tales about Robin Hood. All different too. Well, we folks of the animal kingdom have our own version. It's the story of what really happened in Sherwood Forest.

• Alan-A-Dale : [singing]  Every town / Has its ups and downs / Sometimes ups / Outnumber the downs / But not in Nottingham.

• Alan-A-Dale : Man, oh man! That Prince John sure made good his threat! And his helpless subjects paid dearly for his humiliation, believe me. Taxes, taxes, taxes. Why, he taxed the whole heart and soul out of the poor people of Nottingham, and if you couldn't pay your taxes, you went to jail. Yep, I'm in here too. Nottingham was in deep trouble.

• [last lines] 

  Alan-A-Dale : Well folks, that's the way it really happened.

• Alan-A-Dale : Well, even though, Prince John offered a huge reward for the capture of Robin Hood, that elusive Rob kept on robbing the rich to feed the poor, and believe me, it's a good thing he did, because what with taxes and all, the poor folks Nottingham were starving to death.