Allan-a-Dale
.The minstrel of Robin Hood’s yeomen. He was assisted by Robin Hood in carrying off his bride, when on the point of being married against her will to a rich old knight.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.