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Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Lyrics - Led Zeppelin



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 a country lane,
           I'll be singing a song,
           Hear me calling your name.
           Hear the whisper in the trees,
           Telling Mother Nature 'bout you and me.
 
Well if the sunshines 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 and on and on and on and on?
 
           As we walk down a country lane,
           I'll be singing a song,
           Hear me calling your name.
           Hear the whisper in the trees,
           Telling Mother Nature 'bout you and me.
 
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 nat'ral 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.

Bron-yr-Aur is the cottage in Wales where Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote much of Led Zeppelin III in 1970 after a grueling US tour. The cottage had no electricity or running water, but the change of scenery provided inspiration for many songs on the album.
The title is spelled differently from "Bron-yr-Aur," a 2-minute instrumental on Physical Graffiti.
Robert Plant wrote this for his dog, Strider. He took the pooch with him to Bron-yr-Aur.
Bron-Yr-Aur means "golden breast" or "breast of gold" in Welsh. It means "breast" as in hillside of gold. It's pronounced "Bron-rar." (thanks, Al - Los Angeles, CA)
Drummer John Bonham played spoons and castanets. John Paul Jones played an acoustic 5-string fretless bass.
An unreleased version was known as "Jennings Farm Blues."
John Bonham occasionally sang with Robert Plant on this song live. This can be seen in the Earl's Court footage on the How the West Was Won DVD. (thanks, Adrian - Wilmington, DE)

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