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American songwriter
Paul Barnes
Born George Franklin Feger
(1868-10-10 ) October 10, 1868Died May 8, 1922(1922-05-08) (aged 53) Occupation(s) Songwriter, actor, singer Notable work "
Goodbye, Dolly Gray "
Paul Barnes (pseudonym of George Franklin Feger ; October 10, 1868 – May 8, 1922) was a vaudeville comedic actor, singer, pianist, and songwriter who, with
Will D. Cobb as lyricist, in 1897 composed the
Spanish–American War -era hit, "
Goodbye, Dolly Gray ."
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Selected works
Worked published by Cruger Bros., New York
The following works were published by Cruger Bros., New York:
[a]
"The moon and Crescent" (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m)
OCLC
681500347
"My Sweetheart Gets Married To Me," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497648186
"Love Me As I Love You," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647638
"A Venetian Lullaby" (©1894), Emil Oscar Wolff (1858–1929) (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
498330451
"Forget Me Not," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647533
"In the Old Churchyard," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647615
"Pretty Little Mary" (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497648251
"Please Come Home," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497648236
"Thoughts of Thee," ballad (©1894), Dox Cruger (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
497779785
"Nellie Mavourneen Sweetheart" (©1894), Dox Cruger (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
497779736
"I'm the Boy for Nellie" (©1894), Dox Cruger (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
497647600
"Since Katie Moved Away," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497648272
"A Few Old Broken Playthings," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647506
"Pretty Little Mountain Pink," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497648263
"Nannie Gray," ballad (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497648197
"Darling Nellie" (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647484
"Dreamland,"
cradle song (©1894), Dox Cruger (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
497779063
"The Ferryman" (©1894), Dox Cruger (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
497779071
"The Bellman" (©1895), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647444
"Heigh-Ho!" (©1894), Dox Cruger (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
497779141
"Swinging on de Golden Gate" (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
54688663
"Love by Telephone" (©1894), Emil Oscar Wolff (1858–1929) (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
1061988234 ,
498330382
"What Do You Think of That?" (©1894), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
58561097
Worked published by Morse Music Publishing Company
The following works were published by
Morse Music Publishing Company :
Worked published by Howley, Haviland & Dresser
The following works were published by
Howley, Haviland & Dresser :
"Down by the Riverside" (©1900), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
48596907
"Josephine, My Jo" (©1898), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647625
"For I Want To Be a Soldier," comic song & chorus (©1898), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647520
"One I Love, Two I Love" (©1900), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497648214
"I Love You Dearly, For I Love No One But You" (©1902), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
497647590
"Buzzin' Around" (©1903), Paul Barnes (w&m),
OCLC
50925255
"Down in the Meadow Where the Green Grass Grows" (©1903),
Theodore F. Morse (music), Paul Barnes (words),
OCLC
1061749760
Worked published by Paul Dresser Publishing Company
The following works were published by
Paul Dresser Publishing Company :
Family
Paul Barnes' father, Pvt. William J. Feger, was a musician (E♭ cornetist) and organizer and leader of a band in the
48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the
American Civil War under the command of
Brig. Gen James Nagle .
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Notes
^ Cruger Bros., music publisher, was a
New York firm run by three brothers, Bertram Cruger (1859–1943), Melvin Sheppard Cruger (1965–1916), and Randolph "Dox" Cruger (1858–1938), a composer. Their office was located at 39 West 28th Street, between
Broadway and
6th Avenue ,
Manhattan , in what then was
Tin Pan Alley .
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