While You're Away

"While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy)"
Sheet music cover
Song
Published 1918
Composer(s) L. Wolfe Gilbert
Lyricist(s) Anatole Friedland

While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy) is a World War I song released in 1918. Both L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatole Friedland composed the music and lyrics.[1][2] It was published by Gilbert & Friedland Inc.[2] The song was performed by Harry Ellis; and also by The Peerless Quartet.[2] In October 1918, it reached the number five spot on the US song charts.[3] In December 1918, the song reached a peak position of number two on Top 100 US Songs of that year.[4]

The sheet music cover featured an illustration by Andre De Takacs.[2] The cover art for the song features an older woman and a soldier embracing.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-89950-952-5.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ "Top Songs of 1918". Music VF. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares in a Bundle of Joy)". VF Entertainment. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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