http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0wycVPR_nI

This is a link to the war time song 'Pack up your troubles' which we use in our piece just after the men leave for war.

Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,

And smile, smile, smile,

While you've a lucifer to light your fag,

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.

The song was written in 1915 and was a very popular marching song that was used to boost morale during the war because of its up beat cheery tune. Knowing the context of the song we are singing and what it meant to people at the time is important when attempting to perform it in the way it would of been as we can understand the thoughts of the song at the time and their attitude towards it.