Looks like there are a number of versions of this song that we haven't explored. Here's the entry from the Traditional Ballad Index. I guess this isn't the same song as "Golden Glove." Maybe we need a different thread for that one.
-Joe Offer-Where the Moorcocks Grow (The Mountain Stream; With My Dog and Gun)
DESCRIPTION: The singer sets out "with my dog and gun o'er the blooming heather." He meets a girl, and begs her to marry him, offering to give up roving if she does. She decides to wait "another season," both to test his love and to gain her parent's consent
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Sam Henry collection)
KEYWORDS: rambling courting love marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland) Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kennedy 136, "The Mountain Stream" (1 text, 1 tune)
SHenry H32, pp. 269-270, "Where the Moorcocks Grow" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, DOGNGUN
RECORDINGS:
Paddy Tunney, "The Mountain Streams" (on FSB1)
Notes: Kennedy, based mostly on the affinity of this piece with "The Corncrake," argues that the song comes from Ayreshire in Scotland; Henry claimed that "the song was composed about 70 years ago [i.e. c. 1855] by a roving sportsman in honour of a young lady of Letterloan." I know of no solid evidence for either claim. - RBW
File: K136Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index InstructionsThe Ballad Index Copyright 2003 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.
Golden Glove, The (Dog and Gun) [Laws N20]
DESCRIPTION: A lady is to be married, but finds she prefers the farmer who is to give her away. She pleads illness and calls off the wedding. She claims she has lost a glove (which she placed on the farmer's land) and will marry whoever finds it. The rest is obvious
See this thread (click) for "Golden Glove."