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EARLY IN THE EVENING. Old-Time, Reel or Breakdown. USA; North Dakota, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source' for notated version': Joe Pancerzewski learned the tune from the fiddling Nelson Brothers around 1920 (The Nelson brothers, who homesteaded near Grinnell, North Dakota, were four fiddling brothers who were much in demand in the northwestern area of the state as square dance musicians); Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Phillips]; Joe Pancerzewski [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Pancerzewski (Pleasures of Home), 1988; p. 15. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 79. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 42 (Appears as "Early in the Morning").

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