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around a campfire, extolling the cleverness of their leader, who wears a
foxtail on his hat and eludes the redcoats every time they pursue him into
the swamp. The song is reprised over the opening and closing credits of the
eight episodes of the show.
“Swee’pea’s Lullaby” is the gentle lament of one orphan for another
written by Harry Nilsson for the offbeat musical movie Popeye (1980).
Separated from his adopted baby Swee’pea, the gruff sailor Popeye (Robin
Williams) reveals his tender side as he sings this lullaby to himself, recalling
how he himself was an orphan and how he and Swee’pea belong together.
“Sweet Child” is the creepy duet for the eels Flotsam (Tyler Maynard)
and Jetsam (Derrick Baskin) in the 2008 Broadway version of The Little
Mermaid. The two henchmen of the sea witch Ursula pretend to sympathize
with Ariel’s broken heart and slyly suggest that their mistress can
solve all her problems. Later in the show the twosome reprise the song as
they gloat over Ariel’s inability to get Prince Eric to kiss her. Alan Menken
composed the eerie music and Glenn Slater wrote the lyric, which consists
of short but potent phrases.
“Sweet Surrender” is the affecting, rolling folk song written by John
Denver for the film The Bears and I (1974) about a Vietnam War vet who
returns to nature and raises some bear cubs. Denver sings the bluegrass
ballad, about being a free spirit and living without a care, on the soundtrack,
and his recording of the song was very popular.
“The Sweetest One of All” is the chipper theme song by Leigh Harline
that is used throughout the Silly Symphony movie short The Cookie Carnival
(1935). In a kingdom made up of baked goods, the Cookie Boy (voice
of Pinto Colvig) cheers up a crying female cookie by making her a beautiful
dress out of frosting, allowing her to be the hit of the Cookie Carnival
Parade and then queen of the land. The sugary ballad later evolves into a
vaudeville number in which a series of cookies and cakes dance and entertain
the queen.
“Sweethaven” is the lazy folk song by Harry Nilsson that opens the surreal
film Popeye (1980). The morning after a violent storm, the oddball citizens
of the seaside town of Sweethaven sing the number as they go about their
daily habits, noting that God must love the town in order for it to keep
standing.