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Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag and smile, smile, smile (1915) lyrics - music by Felix Powell, lyrics by George Asaf

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Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag and smile, smile, smile (1915) lyrics – music by Felix Powell, lyrics by George Asaf

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 songwriter George Henry Powell under the pseudonym of “George Asaf”, and set to music by his brother Felix Powell.

It was featured in the 1916 American show Her Soldier Boy.  The song appears in several movies, including Pack Up Your Troubles with Laurel & Hardy, High Pressure, On Moonlight Bay, and The Shopworn Angel. It is also featured in For Me and My Gal starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.Read More »Pack up your troubles lyrics

It's a Long Way to Tipperary (1912) lyrics - Written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams, performed by Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal

It’s a Long Way to Tipperary lyrics

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It’s a Long Way to Tipperary (1912) lyrics – Written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams, performed by Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal

It’s a Long Way to Tipperary is a music hall song written by Harry Williams and co-credited to Jack Judge. It was allegedly written for a 5-shilling bet in Stalybridge on January 30, 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. The original printed music titled it It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary. It became popular among soldiers in the World War I and is remembered as a song of that war.

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Oh! You Beautiful Doll lyrics - music by Nat Ayer, lyrics by A. Seymour Brown, performed by George Murphy and Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal

Oh! You Beautiful Doll

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Oh! You Beautiful Doll lyrics – music by Nat Ayer, lyrics by A. Seymour Brown, performed by George Murphy and Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal

Honey dear, want you near,
Just turn out the lights and then come over here!
Nestle close, up to my side,
My heart’s afire, with love’s desire
In my arms, rest complete,
I never thought that life could ever be so sweet
‘Til I met you, some time ago,
But now you know,
I love you so!

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Song lyrics to Hark! the Herald Angels Sing was written by Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church) in 1739.

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

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Song lyrics to Hark! the Herald Angels Sing was written by Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church) in 1739.  Originally sung to a different tune, the current version is taken from a cantata composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840.

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