Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag
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Title | Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag |
Composer | Powell, Felix |
Lyricist | Asaf, George |
Publisher | Chappell-Harms, Inc. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1915 |
Date of Copyright | 1915 -11-23 |
Lyrics | Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile Verse: Private Perks is a funny little codger with a smile a funny smile. Five feet none, he’s an artful little dodger with a smile a funny smile. Flush or broke he’ll have his little joke, he can’t be supress’d. All the other fellow have to grin when he gets this off his chest, {Hi!} Refrain: Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile, While you’ve a Lucifer to light your fag, smile, boys, that’s the style. What’s the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile, so, Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile. Verse: Private Perks went a marching into Flanders with is smile his funny smile. He was lov’d by the privates and commanders for his smile his funny smile. When a throng of Bosches came along with a mighty swing, Perks yell’d out, “Tis little bunch is mine! Keep your heads down, boys and sing, {Hi!} Refrain Verse: Private Perks he came back from Bosche shooting withhis |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_603 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile - Cover | |
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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile - Page 2 | |
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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile - Page 3 | |
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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile - Back Cover | |
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Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile - Lyrics |