Sounding the Somme Website
Please see the website resources for the following items:
Recording of the song:
Vintage audio recording of the whole song:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/Murray_Johnson_-_Pack_Up_Your_Troubles.mp3
OR
Performance by Judy Garland of chorus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9prSR6Nws
The BBC Website has the following films connected to this project:
News article on the Powell Brothers and their song:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25968407
BBC Bitesize, GCSE History:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zv9d6sg
Video on British Soldier’s Kit presented by historian Dan Snow
BBC Page on the song Pack Up Your Troubles:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3ypr82
Featuring Gareth Malone
For a contemporary interpretation of the song:
Eliza Doolittle’s video of Pack Up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPt-hkcvoJ0