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George W. Meyer

George William Meyer was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1884. He graduated from Roxbury High School, and began working in accountancy for Boston department stores, before moving to New York City in his mid-20s.

Selected songs
• "Brass Band Ephraham Jones" • "Bring Back My Daddy To Me" in 1917 (lyrics by William Tracey & Howard Johnson) • "Cover Me Up with the Sunshine of Virginia" • "Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia" in 1918 with Milton Ager (lyrics by Grant Clarke) • "Friends" in 1919 (lyrics by Howard Johnson & Joseph H. Santly) • "There's a Dixie Girl Who's Longing for a Yankee Doodle Boy" (lyrics by Robert F. Roden) • "There's a Little Lane Without a Turning on the Way to Home, Sweet Home" in 1915 (lyrics by Sam M. Lewis) • "Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home" • "When I First Met You" • "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night?" (used in the musical Robinson Crusoe, Jr.) in 1916 • "You'll Find Old Dixieland in France" in 1918 (lyrics by Grant Clarke) ==References==
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