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) is a 1918 song performed by The Peerless Quartet. The music was composed and written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Anatole Friedland. It was published by Gilbert & Friedland Inc. The sheet music cover featured an illustration by Andre De Takacs. In December 1918, the song reached a peak position of No.2 on Top 100 US Songs of that year.

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