Smile Awhile and Give Your Face a Rest

DESCRIPTION: Motion song. "Smile awhile and give your face a rest, Stand up straight and elevate your chest, Reach your hands up to the sky... As you were, and now, before you sit, Reach right out to someone near, Shake his hand and smile."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Harbin-Parodology, #409, p. 101, "Smile Awhile" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 517, 524, "Smile Awhile and Give Your Face a Rest"/"Smile Awhile" (notes only)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Till We Meet Again" (tune, according to Harbin-Parodology)
File: ACSF517G

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