Nostalgistump: Pack up your troubles

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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.

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

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.

Hjulpet i gang af skriften på en nabos dørmåtte (!) kom jeg i tanker om sangen “Pack up your troubles” fra folkeskolens sangstunder. Her i en opbyggelig version (fra 1944) med Andrew Sisters, hvor titlen er omdøbt til “Smile, smile, smile”. Så var man sikker på, at soldaterne forstod budskabet…

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