Oscar Seagle (baritone) and the Columbia Stellar Quartette sing "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag (And Smile, Smile, Smile)" on Columbia A6028, recorded on January 25, 1918. This is by British songwriters. George Henry Powell, a pacifist and conscientious objector, wrote the words under the pseudonym "George Asaf." Music is by his brother Felix Powell, a Staff Sergeant in the British Army. The song is about British soldiers, becoming first popular in England when published in 1915