George W. Fairman (1881-1962)

Overview

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


Bo-La-Bo (1919)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano	IMSLP Indiana
Forever and Forever (1909)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Hello, America Hello (1917)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Here's to Your Boy and My Boy (1918)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Hi-Lo (1920)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
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.
I Live Up North But I've Still Got the South in Me (1918)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
⇑I Think We've Got Another Washington (1915)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
I'm the Guy That Paid the Rent For Mrs. Rip Van-Winkle (1914)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
If Shamrocks Grew Along the Swanee Shore (1921)	G.W. Fairman (music) Van & Schenck (coauth.) Courtney Sisters (perf.)	Piano	Indiana	Pub.
Kentucky Sue (1910)	G.W. Fairman (w&m) Lizette Fuller (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Mary Pickford (1914)	G.W. Fairman (music) Fred Sosman (words) Mary Pickford (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
Not in a Thousand Years (1919)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
She's Always Singing the Blues (1921)	G.W. Fairman (music) Al Bernard (words) A. Bernard (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Way Down South (1912)	G.W. Fairman (w&m) Matt Healy (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
⇑When the Boat Arrives (1918)	G.W. Fairman (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Indiana	Pub.
When You Find There's Someone Missing (1917)	G.W. Fairman (music) J. McCarthy (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.

Works

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:

(w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Bugavue Rag, The	1902
Fever's On	1906	Arthur Longbrake (words)
That Tired Feelin'	1906
Forever and Forever (w&m)	1909
Kentucky Sue (w&m)	1910	Lizette Fuller (perf.)
Fare-Thee-Well	1911	Tell Taylor (words)
Way Down South (w&m)	1912	Harvey & Coy (perf.) Matt Healy (perf.) Martinez & Jefferson (perf.)	Pub.
I'm the Guy That Paid the Rent For Mrs. Rip Van-Winkle (w&m)	1914
Mary Pickford	1914	Fred Sosman (words) Mary Pickford (perf.)	Pub.
I Think We've Got Another Washington (w&m)	1915
Hello, America Hello (w&m)	1917
⇑ 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	Al & Fanny Stedman (perf.)	Pub.
When the Boat Arrives (w&m)	1918		Pub.
Bo-La-Bo (w&m)	1919	Ted Lewis (perf.)
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.)
⇑ Kiss Mama, Kiss Papa	1922	Al Herman (words) Buck & Shaw (perf.)
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.