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Poor Man's Lullaby

from A Game of Swans by Nancy K Dillon

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11 Poor Mans Lullaby
© 2018 Nancy K. Dillon (BMI) / Gavn Sutherland (PRS)

Duet (& co-write) with Gavin Sutherland of Sutherland Bros. and Quiver fame. Written & recorded across an ocean on two different coasts (Seattle, WA & Aberdeen, Scotland). We began with the notion of making up an Everly Brothers-style duet inspired by a lullaby Gavin wrote. It was batted back and forth across the sea and mostly recorded, mixed & mastered in Scotland with the exception of NKD’s vocal. What fun !

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Poor Man’s Lullaby
© 2018 Nancy K. Dillon (BMI) / Gavn Sutherland (PRS)

Fire & ice on the last midnight train
And the wheels sing a sad lullaby
The bright harbor light it shines through the rain
The city is saying goodnight

As a man walks alone down to the tracks
Faith and hope in his grip
And a star in the sky finds a tear in his eye
As he takes just one last trip

CHORUS

Good Night, old friend
It’s been good to know ye
Where will you be restin’ tonight ?
Oh, good night, old friend
Hey, it’s been good to know yaFarewell my friend, Good Night

So let those wheels roll just one more time
Like they did for us way back when
And we’ll raise a glass to the times gone by
Until we meet again

CHORUS

Oh, Good Night, old friend
It’s been good to know ye
Where will you be restin’ tonight ?
Oh, good night, old friend
It’s been good to know ya
Farewell my friend, Good Night

credits

from A Game of Swans, released January 20, 2018
Personnel:
NKD – vocal
Gavin Sutherland – vocal/guitars
Duncan Wood - fiddle
J.J. "Breeze" Bridges - piano
Levon "Hawk" Marvell - accordion
Sam Lumsden - drums

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Nancy K Dillon Seattle, Washington

On her albums, Nancy K. Dillon maps the road West; the dusty highways that conjure up images like Kerouac's road trips, traveling dustbowl carnivals, and free-spirited 70s hipsters. Inspired by Oklahoma & Texas troubadours Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Kevin Welch, Dillon's songs are short stories about characters that populate true American life. ... more

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