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Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Copyright - 1970 Atlantic Records
"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" is the penultimate song on
English rock band Led Zeppelin's third album,
Led Zeppelin III, released in 1970.
Song History
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant constructed the
song in 1970 at Bron-Yr-Aur, a small cottage
in Wales where they stayed after completing a
gruelling concert tour of the United States.
John Paul Jones also received a writing
credit for the song. It was later recorded at
Headley Grange in 1970, using a mobile studio
belonging to the Rolling Stones. It was
finished off at Island, London and Ardent
Studios, Memphis, Tennessee.
Like "Black Mountain Side", the music of
"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" came to Jimmy Page through
guitarist and folk singer Bert Jansch.
Drummer John Bonham played spoons and
castanets on the recording. Bassist John Paul
Jones played an acoustic five-string fretless
bass. Jimmy Page's guitar for this song had
an open tuning.
Led Zeppelin also recorded the song as an
electric instrumental, "Jennings Farm Blues",
which later surfaced as a studio out-take on
a number of Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings.
Origin of the name
The song is named after Bron-Yr-Aur, a house
in Gwynedd, Wales, where the members of Led
Zeppelin retreated in 1970 to write much of
Led Zeppelin III after having completed a
grueling concert tour of the United States.
The cottage had no electricity or running
water, but the change of scenery provided
inspiration for many of the songs on the
album, including "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp".
The song's title was misspelled on the album
cover; it should read "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp".
This error can be contrasted to another Led
Zeppelin track, "Bron-Yr-Aur," a two-minute
instrumental featured on their later album
Physical Graffiti, which was spelled
correctly. Bron-Yr-Aur means gold(en) hill in
Welsh. It is pronounced [brɔn ər aɪr].
Lyrics:
Ah caught you smiling at me, That's the way
it should be,
Like a leaf is to a tree, so fine.
Ah all the good times we had, I sang love
songs so glad
Always smiling, never sad, so fine.
*As we walk down the country lanes, I'll be
singing a song,
Hear me calling your name.
Hear the wind within the trees, Telling
Mother Nature 'bout you and me.
Well if the sun shines so bright, Or on our
way it's darkest night
The road we choose is always right, so fine.
Ah can your love be so strong When so many
loves go wrong
Will our love go on and on...
* Chorus
My, my la de la come on now it ain't too far,
Tell your friends all around the world,
Ain't no companion like a blue eyed merle.
Come on now well let me tell you,
What you're missing, missing, 'round them
brick walls.
So of one thing I am sure, It's a friendship
so pure,
Angels singing all around my door, so fine.
Yeah, ain't but one thing to do Spend my
natural life with you,
You're the finest dog I knew, so fine.
When you're old and your eyes are dim, There
ain't no old Shep gonna happen again,
We'll still go walking down country lanes,
I'll sing the same old songs,
Hear me call your name
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