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Tune Annotations:	'''CHRISTMAS TIME WILL SOON BE OVER'''. AKA and see "Christmas Time in the Morning." American, Reel. USA, north Georgia. A Major ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard, AEae or ADae tunings (fiddle). AAB. A bluegrass song derivative of John Carson's "Christmas Time" tune is fiddler Tex Logan's "Christmas Time's a-Comin,'" although the chorus seems based on the 'B' part of "Mississippi Sawyer." <blockquote> ''Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over,'' (x3)<br> ''Then we'll join the band.''<br> ''Come on gals, lets go up the river,'' (x3)<br> ''Then we'll join the band.''<br> </blockquote>
Source for notated version:	Fiddlin' John Carson and Earl Johnson (Kuntz, Phillips).
Printed sources:	Kuntz ('''Ragged but Right'''), 1987; p. 312. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 51.
Recorded sources:	County 514, Fiddlin' John Carson and the Virginia Reelers – "Hell Broke Loose in Georgia" (originally recorded 1927). Victor Vi45273 (78 RPM), Fiddling John Carson and the Virginia Reelers (1927).
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