George Fairman
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George Wayne Fairman (1881–1962) was a lyricist, composer, and music publisher whose work includes popular songs. Several of his songs charted including two that reached #1.[1] Fairman's work includes coon songs, ragtime, songs related to World War I, and a foxtrot.
The Peerless Quartet recorded his song "I think we've got another Washington and Wilson is his name" in 1916 on Silvertone Records.
Songs
- "Bugavue Rag" (1902)[2]
- "Preacher and the Bear" (1904)
- "Fever's on" (1906)[3]
- "Fare-Thee-Well" (1909), with Tell Taylor[4]
- "Way Down South" (1912)[5][6]
- "I Think We've Got Another Washington (and Wilson Is His Name)" (1915)[7][8]
- "I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way (1917)[9]
- "Good-bye My Rosary"[9] (1917)[10]
- "Hello America, hello!" (1917)[11]
- "When You Find There's Someone Missing" (1917), words by Joe McCarthy[9]
- "Here's to Your Boy and My Boy" (1918)[12]
- "It's All Over Now" (1918)[13]
- "He's a Better Man Than You Kaiser Bill" (1918)
- "Bo-La-Bo" (1919),[14] a fox trot
- "Syncopated Butterfly" (1922) published by Jack Mills Inc., New York
- "Syncopated Polish Dance" (1922)
- "Silence 'N Fun" (1923)
- "Syncopated Scarf Dance" (1923)
- "Minuet In Blue" (1928)