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Paladin

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4. I'll never forget listening to that song with my father, when I was young.

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Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:48 AM

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I remember him smiling, and saying that it reminded him of the songs the field hands sang, while they worked on his family's farm in south Texas. Funny how details like that stay with you, over many years...

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