X:1
T:Sooner in the Morning
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air and March
S:The Hoge Ms. (southwestern Pa. fife ms., 1944)
B:Bayard – Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981)
K:G
G/A/|B/B/B/A/ GG|g/g/g/g/ eg|B/B/B/A GG|A/G/A/B/ AG/A/|
B/B/B/A/ GG|g/g/g/g/ e/f/g|BB A>A|G3:||:d|g2 ga|g/g/d d2|
e2 ed|e/f/g dB/d/|g2 ga|g/g/d d>c|BB A>A|G3:|
SOONER IN THE MORNING. American, Air and March (2/4 or 4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) identifies the tune as that of a camp meeting spiritual "once well known on the Pennsylvania West Virginia border."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - The Hoge MS (a fife MS from southwestern Pa., 1944) and George Strosnider (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].
Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 209A B, pp. 163-164.