Gil George

Gil George (b. February 21, 1904 in Bisbee, Arizona, USA) was a lyricist and nurse. As a lyricist, she collaborated with her long-time companion Paul J. Smith, but as well with George Bruns and Jimmy Dodd. She co-wrote over 90 songs to Disney, including "Talent Roundup", "The Wrong Syl la ble", "Painting Aunt Polly's Fence", "Roll Up the Rug", and "Mickey Mouse Club Newsreel". She wrote all the songs for the "Corky and White Shadow" serial, the films "The Light in the Forest", "Perri", "Tonka", and "Old Yeller", and several songs for Disneyland, Westward Ho, the Wagons!, and Zorro. She also acted as a studio nurse at Walt Disney Studios, and as Walt Disney's personal nurse. She seems to have stopped writing songs around the same time as Paul Smith retired, in the early 1960's. She continued to see and treat Walt Disney up to few days before his death. She died on March 12, 1996 in Burbank, California, USA.