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is enchanted by her father singing her this song, and this inspires her to take on "Kit" as a nickname rather than go by her full name, Margaret Mildred Kittredge.
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serial (”The Railway Station") the tune is frequently used during the paranormal sequences involving military personnel (including a World War One soldier).
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The "Keep 'Em Smiling" song sheet produced by the Indianapolis War Camp Community Service in 1917/18, including "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"
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songs aimed at maintaining morale, recruiting for the forces, or defending Britain's war aims. Another of these songs, "
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Paas, John Roger (2014). America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 38,
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Edwards, McManus and Townsend can be heard singing this song in the chapter "Through Mud and Blood" in the
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Richard Thompson, famous for often dark and gloomy themes in his music, released an album in 2003 titled
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stars rescued the song from their rejects pile and re-scored it to win a wartime competition for a
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Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile (As sung by Helen Clark (1917)
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Other performers associated with this song include Helen Clark, Reinald Werrenrath, and
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sings this song as part of a diversionary tactic during the game's prologue.
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under the pseudonym of "George Asaf", and set to music by his brother
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Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile
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Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag and smile, smile, smile
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campaign. It can be heard at random after the final tank battle.
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America Sings of War: American Sheet Music from World War I
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It was also sung during the opening credits of the 1970
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How Pack Up Your Troubles Became the Viral Hit of WW1
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sings “So pack up your troubles in a stolen handbag.”
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performed the song as a comedy/singing sketch on her
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performed it throughout the United Kingdom in 1916.
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Song
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Felix Powell
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George Henry Powell
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile (As sung by Helen Clark (1917)
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World War I
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George Henry Powell
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Her Soldier Boy
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