The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

156 “PAUL BUNYAN”
(Bobby Burgess), and together they sing about all the different kinds of fabrics
that are incorporated in her costume. The optimistic character number
was written by Buddy Baker (music) and Tom Adair (lyric).
“Paul Bunyan” is the sing-along title song that George Bruns (music) and
Tom Adair (lyric) wrote for the Oscar-nominated 1958 film short about the
legendary folk hero. The narrative ballad relates the tall tale of the lumberjack
Bunyan (voice of Thurl Ravenscroft), his cohort the Babe the Blue
Ox, and their amazing accomplishments because of their towering height
and incredible strength. The Mellomen sing the folk-like number on the
soundtrack, with Bunyan joining in for sections. The vivid refrain inspires
the listener to join in, as in a traditional folk song.
“PB&J Otter Theme” is the calypso-like theme song for the animated
television series PB&J Otter (1998) about three playful river otters. Fred
Newman and Dan Sawyer wrote the spirited number, the lyric consisting
mostly of fun sounds like “day-o,” and it is sung on the soundtrack by a
children’s chorus over the opening credits.
“Peace on Earth” is the warm Christmas carol written by Sonny Burke
and Peggy Lee for the animated movie Lady and the Tramp (1955). A
studio chorus sings the traditional-sounding carol on the soundtrack at the
beginning of the film, when a small New England town is seen on a snowy
Christmas Eve and the camera moves in on the home of Darling and Jim
Dear. The chorus reprises the carol at the end of the film, when it is Christmas
once again and Lady and Tramp have a basketful of puppies.
“Peacock Princess” is the determined song of self-esteem written by
Amy Powers and Russ DeSalvo for the animated video Disney Princess Enchanted
Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007). No one at the palace takes Princess
Jasmine (singing voice of Lea Salonga) seriously, and as she tries on a
ridiculous feather gown that makes her look like an overgrown peacock, she
sings this driving ballad about being more than a “peacock princess” and
how she will show them all what she is really capable of. The wisecracking
parrot Iago (Gilbert Gottfried) joins her in the ardent number.
“Pecos Bill” is the western-flavored narrative ballad by Eliot Daniel (music)
and Johnny Lange (lyric) that provides the tale for the final sequence
in the animated anthology movie Melody Time (1948). In a live-action introduction,
Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers sing to two children