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The Golden Glove

from Daily Growing 1999 by Aubrey Atwater Solo

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    DAILY GROWING: AUBREY ATWATER LIVE IN THE CLASSROOM (1999)
    Especially for Kids! Solo recording of traditional songs sung by Aubrey Atwater in England with school children. This is a live project performed solo by Aubrey Atwater during a six-day residency in schools in London, England. Aubrey is accompanied by singing children on many of the cuts of traditional American and Celtic folk songs which will appeal to all ages, including adults. Instruments include mountain dulcimer, guitar, and banjo. This delightful recording is educational and full of humor.

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The Golden Glove
Traditional English
This ballad is thought to be based on an incident that occurred during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
The story in which a woman pursues her social inferior would not be out of place in a Shakespeare plot!

lyrics

Oh it’s of a young squire
In Tamworth we hear
And he's courted a nobleman’s daughter so fair
And offered to marry her
It was his intent
And the friends and relations
They’ve given their consent

Now a date it was chosen
For their wedding day
And a farmer he was appointed
For to give her away
But as soon as the farmer this lady did spy
Oh her heart was inflamed
And bitterly she did cry

And she turned from the squire
But nothing she said
And instead of getting married
She took to her bed
And the thoughts of the farmer
So ran in her mind
A way for to have him she quickly did find

Coat waistcoat and trousers
This young girl put on
And away she went a-hunting
With her dog and her gun
And she hunted around
Where the farmer did dwell
Because in her heart,
Oh, she loved him right well

Instrumental

And she oftentimes fired
But nothing she killed
Until this young farmer came into the field
And for to talk with him it was her intent
And with her dog and her gun
To meet him she went

“Oh I thought you would have been
At the wedding,” she cried
“For to wait on the Squire
And to give him his bride.”
“Oh no,” said the farmer,
“I’ll take a sword in my hand
If by honor I gain her whenever she commands.”

And the lady was pleased
When she heard him so bold
And she gave him a glove
That was made out of gold
She told him she found it,
She was coming along
As she went out a-hunting
With her dog and her gun

Instrumental

And now this lady's gone home
With her heart full of love
And she gave out a notice
That she’d lost her glove
“And whoever finds it and he brings it to me
Whoever he is then me husband shall be.”

And the farmer was pleased
When he heard of the news
And with a heart full of love to the lady he goes
“Oh lady, oh lady, I picked up your glove and I
Hope you will be pleased
For to grant me some love.”

“Oh, it’s already granted, I will be your bride
For I love the sweet breath
Of the farmer,” she cried
“I’ll be mistress of your dairy,
And I’ll milk all your cows
While me jolly old farmer
Goes whistlin’ on his plow.”

And it’s when they were married,
They told of the fun
How she’d gone out a-hunting
With her dog and her gun

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from Daily Growing 1999, released May 9, 1999
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar

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Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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