George W. Fairman  (1881-1962)
Last updated: 01.02.24
All that can presently (September 2019) be gleaned about George W. Fairman from sheet music covers and by internet searching is that he has 15 works published between 1902 and 1927.
Of ragtime interest is Syncopated Butterfly (1922) published by Jack Mills Inc., New York, USA.
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
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Bo-La-Bo (1919) G.W. Fairman (w&m)
Piano IMSLP
Indiana
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pdf15.gif Forever and Forever (1909) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Hello, America Hello (1917) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Here's to Your Boy and My Boy (1918) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Hi-Lo (1920) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
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I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm on My Way (1917) G.W. Fairman (w&m)
Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana
Pub.
pdf15.gif I Live Up North But I've Still Got the South in Me (1918) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  I Think We've Got Another Washington (1915) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif I'm the Guy That Paid the Rent For Mrs. Rip Van-Winkle (1914) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif If Shamrocks Grew Along the Swanee Shore (1921) G.W. Fairman (music)
Van & Schenck (coauth.)
Courtney Sisters (perf.)
Piano Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Kentucky Sue (1910) G.W. Fairman (w&m)
Lizette Fuller (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Kiss Mama, Kiss Papa (1922) G.W. Fairman (music)
Al Herman (words)
Buck & Shaw (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Mary Pickford (1914) G.W. Fairman (music)
Fred Sosman (words)
Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Not in a Thousand Years (1919) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif She's Always Singing the Blues (1921) G.W. Fairman (music)
Al Bernard (words)
A. Bernard (perf.)
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pdf15.gif  Way Down South (1912) G.W. Fairman (w&m)
Matt Healy (perf.)
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pdf15.gif When the Boat Arrives (1918) G.W. Fairman (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif When You Find There's Someone Missing (1917) G.W. Fairman (music)
J. McCarthy (words)
Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 32 works by George W. Fairman (1881-1962). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Bugavue Rag, The 1902  wvicon.gif
Fever's On 1906 Arthur Longbrake (words)  wvicon.gif
That Tired Feelin' 1906
Forever and Forever (w&m) 1909  wvicon.gif
Kentucky Sue (w&m) 1910 Lizette Fuller (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Fare-Thee-Well 1911 Tell Taylor (words)  wvicon.gif
Way Down South (w&m) 1912 Matt Healy (perf.)  Pub.
I'm the Guy That Paid the Rent For Mrs. Rip Van-Winkle (w&m) 1914  wvicon.gif
Mary Pickford 1914 Fred Sosman (words)  Pub.
I Think We've Got Another Washington (w&m) 1915  wvicon.gif
Hello, America Hello (w&m) 1917  wvicon.gif
I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm on My Way (w&m) 1917  Pub.
When You Find There's Someone Missing 1917 Joe McCarthy (words)  Pub.
Here's to Your Boy and My Boy (w&m) 1918  Pub.
I Live Up North But I've Still Got the South in Me (w&m) 1918  Pub.
I'd Love to Dance an Old Fashioned Waltz 1918
Lovey-Dovey (w&m) 1918  Pub.
When the Boat Arrives (w&m) 1918  Pub.
Bo-La-Bo (w&m) 1919  wvicon.gif
Not in a Thousand Years (w&m) 1919  Pub.
Hi-Lo (w&m) 1920  Pub.
If Shamrocks Grew Along the Swanee Shore 1921 Van & Schenck (co-author)
Courtney Sisters (perf.)
 Pub.
She's Always Singing the Blues 1921 Al. Bernard (words)
Al. Bernard (perf.)
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Kiss Mama, Kiss Papa 1922 Al Herman (words)
Buck & Shaw (perf.)
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Silence and Fun 1922  Pub.
Syncopated Butterfly 1922  Pub.
Syncopated Minuet 1922  Pub.
Syncopated Polish Dance 1922  Pub.
Syncopated Scarf Dance 1923  Pub.
Casey Jones and His Monoplane (w&m) 1927 Tell Taylor (co-author)
Wendell Hall (perf.)
 Pub.
Worryin' 1927
Minuet in Blue 1928  Pub.