Annotation:Dawn Waltz (1) (The)

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 DAWN (WALTZ) [1], THE. Canadian, American; Waltz. USA; Vt., Oklahoma. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Messer): AA'BB' (Phillips). Composition credited to Maritime fiddler Don Messer (1909-1973).  Source for notated version: Ron West (VT) [Phillips].  Printed sources: Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 88. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 165, p. 112. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 250.  Recorded sources: Fretless Records 132, "Ron West: Vermont Fiddler." Marimac 9111, Jack Cawley's Oklahoma Ridge Runners - "Goin' Up Town: Old Time String Bands, vol. 2" (orig. rec. 1930). MCA Records MCAD 4037, "The Very Best of Don Messer" (1994).

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