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My brother and I sang a couple of my dad's favorite songs for/with my dad in the Heartland Care Center, about a week before Dad's train pulled on out. (Minneapolis, MN—2009)

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We stood ‘round your bed and sang The City of New Orleans;
We stood ‘round your bed and sang The Wabash Cannonball.
A father and his sons, singin’ in the May morning;
Didn’t know your train was leavin’ long before the fall.

Native son from down across the river,
From Burlington to Central Illinois;
You rode your Monday mornin’ mail for all those years
From Tiskilwa to Wilton to Mt. Joy.

It pulled into the station on a Sunday;
You didn’t need your luggage or your pain.
With a mighty rush the engine rolled on out,
And we could only “fare thee well” that train.

Well, we stood ‘round your bed and sang The City of New Orleans;
We stood ‘round your bed and sang The Wabash Cannonball.
A father and his sons, singin’ in the May morning;
Didn’t know your train was leavin’ long before the fall.

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from Beguiled World, released July 17, 2012
Tim Gustafson: Guitars and vocals
Bret Hesla: Banjo, harmonica
Dave Michel: Bass

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Tim Gustafson Moline, Illinois

I have been writing and playing Americana--sometimes bluesy, sometimes rockish, sometimes jazz-inflected folk--since before it was called "Americana." I don't know where songs come from, or how or why they emerge. But here they are. I hope you enjoy them. ... more

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