George Henry Powell

George Henry Powell

George Henry Powell (1880 - 3 December 1951) was known under the pseudonym George Asaf for writing the lyric of the marching song " Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile" in 1915. [ [http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=devincent;g=sheetmusic;cc=devincent;xc=1;rgn1=id;type=simple;view=reslistlong;fmt=long;q1=LL-SDV-262003;sid=8ba6c096ef76a14968f76750c4932027; -sheet music] ] The music was written by his brother Felix Powell and the song was entered into a World War I competition for "best morale-building song". It won first prize and was noted as "perhaps the most optimistic song ever written". National Theatre. " [http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=18283 Pack Up Your Troubles] ". Accessed 18 May 2007.]

The song was quoted in the 1987 Echo & The Bunnymen song Bombers Bay.

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