While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy)

"While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy)"

Cover of sheet music for "While You're Away..."
Song
Published 1918
Composer L. Wolfe Gilbert & Anatole Friedland
Lyricist L. Wolfe Gilbert & Anatole Friedland
Performed by The Peerless Quartet

While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy) is a 1918 song performed by The Peerless Quartet.[1] The music was composed and written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatole Friedland.[1] It was published by Gilbert & Friedland Inc.[1] The sheet music cover featured an illustration by Andre De Takacs.[1] In December 1918, the song reached a peak position of No.2 on Top 100 US Songs of that year.[2]

The cover art for the song features an older woman and a soldier embracing.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music Volume II. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 489. ISBN 078642799X.
  2. ↑ "While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy)". VF Entertainment. Retrieved 24 September 2014.


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