The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

“SMALL ONE” 177
nor Audley) appears and puts a curse on the Princess. So the friendly fairy
Merryweather (Barbara Luddy) makes her gift the power of love’s first kiss
to break the spell.
“Slow but Sure” is the plucky little ditty Frank Churchill (music) and
Larry Morey (lyric) wrote for the Silly Symphony movie short The Tortoise
and the Hare (1935), but only the music was retained in the final print. The
song is a tuneful tribute to those who take their time and are rewarded by
their “slow but steady” efforts, and the melody is used as a leitmotif for the
tortoise throughout the short film.
“Slowly He Sank into the Sea” is one of the handful of new songs George
Bruns (music) and Mel Leven (lyric) wrote for the 1961 screen version
of Victor Herbert’s 1903 operetta favorite Babes in Toyland. The sinister
henchman Gonzorgo (Henry Calvin) relates what happened to the youth
Tom Piper (Tommy Sands) when he and his silent assistant, Roderigo
(Gene Sheldon), kidnapped the boy from the arms of Mary Quite Contrary
(Annette Funicello) and tossed him into the sea. While the deep-voiced
Gonzorgo sings the narrative ballad, Roderigo pantomimes the tale in a
Harpo Marx manner.
“Small but Mighty” is the satirical march song written by Kevin Quinn
and Randy Petersen for the animated movie Teacher’s Pet (2004), based
on the 2000 television series. The wisecracking parrot Pretty Boy (voice of
Jerry Stiller) convinces the scared cat Mr. Jolly (David Ogden Stiers) that
they should set out to save their fellow pet, the dog Spot, by singing this
patriotic spoof about size not making any difference when you are strong of
heart. Pretty Boy is joined by a chorus of ants and cockroaches who crawl
out of the woodwork in the kitchen and march in formation to the song.
“Small One” is the lullaby-like ballad used throughout the animated film
short The Small One (1978) and is easily remembered because of its gentle
but haunting melody. Producer-director Don Bluth wrote the number,
which is first sung over the opening credits, urging a small one to do his best
and he will be rewarded. Forced to sell his undersized donkey Small One,
the Boy (voice of Sean Marshall) later sings the song as he tries to interest
merchants in buying the aging animal. His melodic pleading is interrupted
by various businessmen singing the crass “The Merchants Song.” The ballad
is again reprised by a chorus on the soundtrack at the end of the film as
Small One carries Mary to Bethlehem.