George Henry Powell

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.^[2] 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".^[3] Although Felix Powell was a Staff Sergeant in the British Army, George Powell was a pacifist, and became a conscientious objector when conscription was imposed in 1916.

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• Quotations related to George Henry Powell at Wikiquote
• George Henry Powell at IMDb as George Asaf
• George Henry Powell at IMDb as George Henry Powell
• George Henry Powell discography at Discogs