Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
| "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" | |
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Netherlands single picture sleeve, 1970
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| Song by Led Zeppelin | |
| from the album Led Zeppelin III | |
| Released | 5 October 1970 |
| Recorded | Headley Grange, England, 1970 |
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| Length | 4:17 |
| Label | Atlantic |
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page |
| "Jennings Farm Blues" | |
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| Instrumental by Led Zeppelin | |
| from the album Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe Edition) | |
| Released | 2 June 2014 |
| Recorded | 13 December 1969 |
| Genre | Blues rock |
| Length | 5:54 |
| Label | Atlantic |
| Composer(s) | Jimmy Page |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Page |
"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" is a song recorded by English rock band Led Zeppelin for their third album, Led Zeppelin III, released in 1970.
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 concert tour of North America. Bron-Yr-Aur means "golden breast" or "breast of gold" in Welsh, as in a hillside of gold. Its pronunciation is [ˈbrɔn ər ˈaɪr]. 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; another Led Zeppelin track, "Bron-Yr-Aur", a two-minute instrumental featured on their later album Physical Graffiti, shows the correct spelling. The 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD uses "Bron Yr Aur Stomp" (without the hyphens) and How the West Was Won lists "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp".
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant wrote "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" in 1970. It is a country music-inflected hoedown, with lyrics about walking in the woods with Plant's blue-eyed Merle dog named Strider. Plant reportedly named his dog after Aragorn (often called Strider) from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. However, there are no explicit references to Tolkien works in "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp". The lyrics also make reference to the song "Old Shep": When you're old and your eyes are dim / There ain't no "Old Shep" gonna happen again.
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