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GUEST,Max Burnette	Origins: Life's Railway to Heaven (Abbey/Tillman) (7)	RE: Lyr Add: Life's Railway to Heaven (Abbey/Tillman)	24 Dec 11
The tune could possibly be older than is credited. Cathy Mattea sings a tune called The Empty Chair which is identical in every way. She says this is a Civil War song. It's about a soldier not returning home. This could have been a popular tune unclaimed at the time and adopted by Tillman. This could date the tune as early as 1870 or there about.

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