Newbie question on abc2ly

[Chuck Boody]

Well, I said I wasn't any great shakes at lilypond :->

I can invoke abc2ly and the result is a file I can see has been changed 
to what I believe is lilypond  syntax.  Clearly however this file needs 
proper header information and other things to allow lilypond to process 
it.  If I try to process the file I get "warning:Needs music in a 
score."

Could someone point me to the right spot in the documentation to 
discover what I need to do or perhaps provide a shell that I could use 
as a starting point?

Many Thanks,

Chuck Boody