George Lansing

American songwriter active between late 1890's and early 1900's. Most famous for his series of instrumentals, centered on the character named Darky (sometimes spelled as Darkie or Darkey): - Darkies' Dream - Darkies' Awakening - Darkies' Patrol His tracks were most commonly covered by two famous Banjoists: Vess L. Ossman, and Fred Van Eps.