The British Musical Biography

[E] Barker, George Arthur, composer and
tenor singer, was born on April 15, 1812. He
sang in opera in London and the provinces,
and gave concerts in various parts of the
country. He died at Aylstone, near Leicester,
March 2, 1876.

[W] Works. — Ballad Album, twelve books, Lon-
don [1853] . Songs of the army and navy
[1855] , issued in numbers. Single songs and
ballads: Aline O'Neal; Dublin Bay; Ellen
Astore; Emigrant's bride ; Emigrant's child;
Excelsior; Fare thee well, my gentle Mary;
Irish emigrant ("I'm sitting by the stile,"
words by Lady Dufferin), London [1846];
Irish peasant; Kate Connor; Lesson of the
Water mill ; Mabel Gray ; Mary ! avourneen ;
Mary Blane [1846]; Mountain Flower; My
native mountain home ; My skiff is on the
shore ; Nellie and I ; Return of the emigrant ;
'Sands of gold; Scottish blue bells ("Let the
proud Indian boast ") ; Song of the silent land ;
Take back the ivy leaf; White squall [1835];
Wreck of the emigrant ship, etc. Why do
summer roses fade ? quartet ; waltzes for pf .
and other instrumental music.
Barker is best remembered by his three
songs, " Irish emigrant," " Scottish blue
bells," and " White squall," which alone sur-
vive out of the large number he composed.

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