SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Swank Capital, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 3300 OAK LAWN AVENUE SUITE 650 (Street) DALLAS TX 75219 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Cushing MLP Total Return Fund [ SRV ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Affiliate
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/20/2007
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares	12/20/2007		P		60,000	A	$15.12	69,236	I	See Footnote(1)(2)(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Swank Capital, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 3300 OAK LAWN AVENUE SUITE 650 (Street) DALLAS TX 75219 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Affiliate

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 3300 OAK LAWN AVENUE SUITE 650 (Street) DALLAS TX 75219 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Affiliate

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Swank Jerry V (Last) (First) (Middle) 3300 OAK LAWN AVENUE (Street) DALLAS TX 75219 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Affiliate

Explanation of Responses:

1. The 60,000 common shares of Cushing MLP Total Return Fund were purchased by a private investment fund that is managed by Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP.

2. An additional 4,000 common shares of Cushing MLP Total Return Fund are held by a second private investment fund that is also managed by Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP, as previously reported on a Form 4 filed on 10/25/07. Swank Energy Income Advisors receives an allocation of net profits and an asset based fee from these funds. Jerry V. Swank ("Mr. Swank") serves as the manager of the general partner of Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP.

3. The filing of this Form 4 shall not be construed as an admission that Mr. Swank is or was, for the purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the beneficial owner of any of the common shares of Cushing MLP Total Return Fund that may be held by any private investment funds that are ultimately managed by Mr. Swank. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1, Mr. Swank disclaims such beneficial ownership beyond his pecuniary interest in these funds.

4. In addition, Mr. Swank holds 4,000 common shares of Cushing MLP Total Return Fund in a personal account, which were previously reported on a Form 4 filed on 08/29/2007.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jerry V. Swank, Manager of Swank Capital, LLC	12/27/2007
	/s/ Jerry V. Swank, Manager of Swank Capital, LLC, the General Partner of Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP	12/27/2007
	/s/ Jerry V. Swank	12/27/2007
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