PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG
(George Asaf / Felix Powell)

Spike Jones & his City Slickers (Vocal: The City Slickers) - 1942

Also recorded by: The Andrews Sisters; Bob Crosby & his Orch.;
Lew Davies; Red Foley; Victoria Jackson; Jack Lemmon.


Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
And smile, smile, smile.
Don't let your joy and laughter hear the snag
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.

(Musical Interlude)

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
And smile, smile, smile.
Just pucker up and whistle (Whistle)
(Whistling)
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.

(N.B. This is Spike Jones' version. In other versions I've heard,
the third line is:
"while you've a Lucifer to light your fag"


(Contributed/Transcribed by Bill Huntley - October 2005)