George Henry Powell (27 April 1880 – 3 December 1951) was a Welsh songwriter who, under the pseudonym George Asaf, wrote the lyrics of the marching song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag" in 1915. 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". Although Felix Powell was a Staff Sergeant in the British Army, Ge... Read more
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Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag | Escape Room | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag | Cats Don't Dance | Lyrics | Buy on Amazon | |
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile | 1918 | Lyrics | Buy on Amazon | |
Pack Up Your Troubles | Return from the River Kwai | Writer | Buy on Amazon |