etf2ly error: IndexError: list index out of range

[James Sheldon]

I just downloaded lilypond and was all excited to try it out!  But when I try to
run etf2ly on a .ETF file that a friend sent me, I get the following error
message:

Processing `test.etf'
parsing ... 
reconstructing ...Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/etf2ly", line 1247, in <module>
    e = Etf_file(dict)
  File "/usr/bin/etf2ly", line 937, in __init__
    self.parse (name)
  File "/usr/bin/etf2ly", line 1065, in parse
    routine (self, k, etf_dict[tag][k])
  File "/usr/bin/etf2ly", line 975, in try_verse
    body = contents[0]

I can provide the .ETF file that gives the error if that would be helpful. 
It's frustrating for me to have my first attempt to use lilypond fail so
miserably :(

Thanks,
James