The Disney Song Encyclopedia - fieldi

182 “SONG OF THE ROUSTABOUTS”
first anniversary, a montage shows how happy they are together, working
and playing in the jungle. Mandy Moore sings the joyous number on the
soundtrack, and the ape Terk and other animals accompany her by making
music on various objects. Moore made a music video of the song, which is
sometimes listed as “Sing to the Song of Life.”
“Song of the Roustabouts” is a vigorous choral number by Frank
Churchill (music) and Ned Washington (lyric) from the animated film
Dumbo (1941). When the circus train reaches its destination late at night,
the muscular roustabouts sing this hearty number as they pull ropes and
lift up the huge circus tent even as the rain pours down on them. The brief
sequence is an animated masterwork of light, shadows, and movement.
“Song of the South” is the evocative title song by Arthur Johnston (music)
and Sam Coslow (lyric) for the part-live-action, part-animated movie Song
of the South (1946). The Disney Studio Chorus sings the smooth ballad over
the opening credits, the lyrics recalling the cottonwoods in blossom and the
gentle voices of Dixie.
“Sons of Old Aunt Dinah” is the patriotic Confederate folk song written
by Stan Jones (music) and Lawrence Edward Watkin (lyric) for the adventure
movie The Great Locomotive Chase (1956). As a group of Union spies
ride a train behind enemy lines, the Confederate soldiers aboard sing the
boastful song about how they beat the Yankees at Shiloh because they come
from fighting stock, ancestors of the legendary Aunt Dinah.
“Sooner or Later” is the warm song of affection the southern plantation
slave Tempy (Hattie McDaniel) sings to Uncle Remus (James Baskett) as
she feeds him some fresh apple pie in a live-action sequence in the film
Song of the South (1946). Charles Wolcott (music) and Ray Gilbert (lyric)
wrote the pleasant number about the inevitabilities of life. The song was
recorded by Sammy Kaye’s Orchestra (vocal by Betty Barclay), Les Brown
and His Orchestra (vocal by Doris Day), Rosemary Clooney, and Barbara
Cook.
“Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)” is the Oscar-winning song of
seduction written by Stephen Sondheim for the stylized movie Dick Tracy
(1990). Nightclub vamp Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) sings the sultry
number on stage wearing a slinky black dress and warning all men that she
always wins. Madonna is heard reprising the song on the soundtrack later in