Lighter, I have emailed Elijah. I will update this thread if I learn anything.

The Golden Skein

Oh, it was in the month of May
When rams and heifers sport and play
And tiny birds do sing a charm --
I met a fair young man.

The sun shone on his flaxen hair,
His cheek was high and rosy fair,
And when he spoke most courteously,
'Twas like the sound of Spring.

"Oh, would you mind," he said to me,
"If I do tag along with thee,
Perchance to help thee bind thy hair
Or weave the golden skein?"

"Oh, no, kind sir, this cannot be
For you're a stranger unto me
My mistress bids, I will not bide
Or pass the idle day."

"'Tis best you go and seek out those
With riches fine and frilly clothes
Where ladies fair do plait and bind
Or weave th? golden skein"

But, oh, the day was sweet and warm
And th?re was pleasure in his form
To idle was my moment's ease
The rest, my heart's desire

So gently took he by the hand
To wander softly 'cross the land
To pluck a rose to bind my hair
To tread the flowered stream

Then on my breast he wound a chain
Around and fro and back again
And in a cloak of lace entwined
He wove the golden skein

1966. Dumbarton's Drums LP by The Beers Family.

On the back cover they say this is an "anonymous author".
The Beers Family put in a copyright for The Golden Skein
when they re-released the album in 1972. I don't have
that recording to see if it is different.