"Oo De Lally" in 13 Languages

Posted by Miss Cellania in Movies & SciFi, Music on February 24, 2009 at 12:05 pm


The 1973 Disney animated film Robin Hood has been translated into languages all over the world, which has to be a difficult job because so much of the story is told through songs. Andy Baio at Waxy has collected over a dozen translations of the opening song “Oo De Lally” for your listening pleasure. The singers are quite talented! My favorite is the Arabic version. Link -via mental_floss


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9 comments to ""Oo De Lally" in 13 Languages"

  1. Tony LaRocca
    February 24th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

    Cute, but Roger Miller is still the best.

  2. Kalel
    February 24th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Wonderful!

    This is why I love Neatorama.

  3. SparklingBlue
    February 24th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    I'd like to see the different versions of "Phony King of England" (my favorite song from the movie)

  4. cheetah33
    February 24th, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    I LOVE this movie! The different songs are awesome!

  5. SenorMysterioso
    February 24th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    One of my favorite songs ever :)

  6. just a guy
    February 24th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    The diaolog in Disney movies back then seemed more... mature? I don't know if that's the right word, but it something about it made it more enjoyable than some of the recent ones.

  7. Oomi
    February 24th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

    They don't make um' like this anymore. Seriously.

  8. relright
    February 24th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Oh this is my favorite disney movie.

    And as an Arabic major in college it's one of my favorite songs.

    I love Oo de lally best in arabic though. I play it at least once a day.

  9. just a guy
    February 26th, 2009 at 12:40 am

    Speaking of Arabic - A though occured to me. Isn't the crusade that the king is away on a crusade against the Muslims? Isn't that what the crusades back then were all about (from England's side, anyhow).

    Seem a little odd to enjoy such a tale in Arabic. Wouldn't that kind of be like watching a 'disneyish' musical fun tale that takes place in Germany during the Nazi's invasion of Poland, or something like that?


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