Gold Watch and Chain (1929)

Written by: Thomas P. Westendorf
O:  Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands - as Last Gold Dollar on Columbia

The chorus of "Gold Watch and Chain" is based on the Reuben's Train songs that include Nine Hundred Miles. The verses are based on the 1879 Westendorf song, "Is There No Kiss For Me Tonight, Love."

From Traditional Ballad Index

Gold Watch and Chain (I)
DESCRIPTION: Singer tells girl that he would pawn his gold watch and chain, his ring, and his heart if she would love him again. He demands that she give back the gifts he's given her, including a lock of hair and a picture, and laments her unfaithfulness
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (recording, Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands)
KEYWORDS: love betrayal floatingverses gift
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):DT, GOLDWTCH

RECORDINGS:
Carter Family, "Gold Watch and Chain" (Victor 23821, 1933; Montgomery Ward M-7354, c. 1937)
New Lost City Ramblers, "Gold Watch and Chain" (on NLCR13, NLCREP2)
Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands, "Last Gold Dollar" (Columbia 15564-D, 1930; rec. 1929; on LostProv1)


 Some recordings.

1929  - Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands - Last Gold Dollar
1933  - The Carter Family - Gold Watch And Chain
1964  - Alice Stuart - I'll Pawn You My Gold Watch and Chain
1964  - The New Lost City Ramblers - Gold Watch And Chain
1965  - Kathy & Carol - Gold Watch And Chain
1979  - Grandpa Jones - Gold Watch and Chain
1980  - Emmylou Harris - Gold Watch And Chain
1996  - Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Last Gold Dollar; The
1998  - Ralph Stanley & Friends - Gold Watch And Chain
2003  - Bill Clifton - Gold Watch And Chain
2003  - Eddie And Martha Adcock - Gold Watch And Chain
2003  - Kim Wallach - Gold Watch and Chain
2004  - Anita Carter (& Jerry Hensley) - Gold Watch and Chain
2004  - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band With Kris Kristofferson - Gold Watch and Chain
2006  - Garrison Keillor & Mery Streep - Gold Watch & Chain in movie A Prairie Home Companion
2014  - Carlene Carter - Gold Watch And Chain



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Here some video's: by Maybelle Carter, Emmylou Harris, Doug Dillard Band, Steve Earle.