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"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile" is the full name of a World War I marching song, published in 1915 in London. It was written by Welsh songwriters, George Henry Powell under the pseudonym of "George Asaf", and set to music by his brother Felix Powell.〔Pegler, Martin, ''Soldiers' Songs and Slang of the Great War'' Osprey Publishing, 2014, ISBN 9781427804150, pages 263-264.〕 It was featured in the American show ''Her Soldier Boy'', which opened in December 1916.〔Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 38, ISBN 9783447102780.〕 Performers associated with this song include Edward Hamilton, the Victor Military Band, James F. Harrison, Murray Johnson, Reginald Werrenrath, and the Knickerbocker Quartet.〔Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 38, ISBN 9783447102780.〕 A later play presented by the National Theatre recounts how these music hall stars rescued the song from their rejects pile and re-scored it to win a wartime competition for a marching song. It became very popular, boosting British morale despite the horrors of that war. It was one of a large number of music hall songs aimed at maintaining morale, recruiting for the forces, or defending Britain's war aims. ==Lyrics== The song is best remembered for its chorus: :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 worth while, so :Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, :And smile, smile, smile. Full lyrics are here. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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