George Arthur Barker (15 April 1812 – 2 March 1876) was an English song composer and tenor singer. Born in London, he became well known as an opera singer and

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ist, both in England and Scotland. He was also a prolific songwriter, his best known songs including "The Irish Emigrant" (1846), "Scottish Blue Bells" (1846), and "White Squall" (1847). Many of his songs were issued in the ten-volume ''Song Albums'', published from 1853, and his ''Songs of the Army and Navy'' (1855).Stephen Samuel Stratton, ''British Musical Biography'', 1897, p.26
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, in 1876.

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Works by George Barker
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