George Jones and Tammy Wynette - "Golden Ring" (1976)

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[simpson96]

"Golden Ring" was writte by Bobby Braddock and Rafe Van Hoy. Released in May, 1976, it was a number-one hit on the Billboard country chart.

In the song, a young couple from Chicago - apparently very much in love - goes to a pawn shop to shop for a ring for their upcoming wedding. The man laments that he is unable to pick out a more expensive band, but he is willing to buy it to show how much he loves his bride-to-be, whom - in the song's second verse - he marries in a small wedding chapel later on that afternoon. In the third verse, the couple has been fighting and, with the marriage clearly in trouble, the man accuses his wife of planning to leave town. Shortly afterward, the woman retorts by telling her husband that she does not love him anymore, throws the ring down and leaves. The final verse features the ring, once again in a pawn shop, waiting for its next owners.

The refrains tell about the meaning of the ring through its lifecycle with the couple. The first refrain speaks of the promise of love shown in the glittering ring; the second verse talks about how "at last, it's found a home", and the finale tells of how the ring has been cast aside "like the love that's dead and gone". Each refrain ends with how a wedding band is meaningless without love ("By itself, it's just a cold metallic thing / Only love can make a golden wedding ring").

George Jones and Tammy Wynette - "Golden Ring" (1976)

[minnesota_bound]

George Jones relationship with her was poison to Tammy Wynette.

[antceecee]

This reminds me of my Dad (Pappy) and his wife Edna (Nana)…classic country. She use to play guitar and other instruments along with her uncle Les and my then boyfriend…now hubby 45 yrs…who was on guitar… miss the simplicity of those days.