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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. 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". Although Felix Powell was an enthusiastic
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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