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THREE IN ONE TWO-STEP American, Country Rag or Two-Step (cut time). USA, Texas. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC' (Brody): AA'BC(x3)AA'DE (Phillips). A medley of three tunes, including the "The Entertainer," "Dill Pickle Rag" and "I Don't Love Nobody," recorded by the East Texas Serenaders in October, 1929, for Brunswick Records, who released the side in 1930. San advertisement in the Sept. 5, 1908, issue of the periodical Forest and Stream proclaims:

The Three-in-One Oil Company, one of our advertisers, has brought out a most delightful two-step, entitled the "Three-in-One Two-Step." The music sheets will be sent to any reader of Forest and Stream who mentions the name of this magazine and incloses ten cents to the Three-in-One Oil Company, 42 Broadway, New York.

A hardware trade publication on 1908 thought it newsworthy to mention the distribution of the piano two-step by the oil company:

This is apparently quite a novel idea, for while its real intent and purpose are concealed, on the back of the sheet there is a printed short invitation to try Three-in-One oil on the piano...A small booklet, "Words of Wisdom" is also being distribute by the company.

The oil company two-step was copyrighted in 1908 by Kenneth S. Clark. It may not be the same tune as the East Texas Serenaders piece, which may simply have been named for the condensation of three ragtime pieces in the tune, however, the name may have been in circulation and applied by the Serenaders to their own amalgam.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Daniel Williams with the East Texas Serenaders (east Texas) [Brody, Phillips].

Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 276. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; pp. 148-149.

Recorded sources : - Arhoolie Records, Eric & Suzy Thompson - "Adam & Eve had the Blues" (1989). Brunswick 379 (78 RPM), East Texas Serenaders (1930). County 410, "The East Texas Serenaders, 1927 1936" (1977). County 517, East Texas Serenaders - "Texas Farewell" (1969. Various artists). Document Records DOCD 8031, "East Texas Serenaders Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order 1927-19387 (). Groveless (cass.), Arm and Hammer String Band - "Stay on the Farm" (1978). Run of the Mill String Band - "Along the Way."

See also listing at :
Hear the East Texas Serenaders 1929 recording at Slippery Hill [1] and youtube.com [2]

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