# Another "Identify a song from nothing" thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-a-song-from-nothing-thread/333085 "2005-11-28T18:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-a-song-from-nothing-thread/333085/1 "2005-11-28T18:23:32Z")
This one has been bugging me for a long time. The song is about a ring. It might have been a golden ring, and I think that a beach was mentioned somewhere in the song. It was on a compilation album that also included the song “Midnight Train to Georgia” so it would have come out around the same time as that song did. If anyone gets this I will buy them something pretty! ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-a-song-from-nothing-thread/333085/2 "2005-11-28T19:52:23Z")
This seems like a research assignment for somebody on a 6-hour conference call. How about “[Rings](http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/index.php?option=com_webfitzlyrics&Itemid=27&func=fullview&lyricsid=4350)” by Cymarron (1971)? No mention of a beach, but a few references to standing “on the sand” near what I perceive to be the big finish (although I have no recollection of actually having heard this song). ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-a-song-from-nothing-thread/333085/3 "2005-11-28T20:35:01Z")
No beach, but Tammy Wynette and George Jones did a duet called _[Golden Ring](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jones-george/golden-ring-6639.html)_. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-a-song-from-nothing-thread/333085/4 "2005-11-28T23:03:41Z")
This golden ring doesn’t shine for me anymore, And this diamond ring doesn’t mean what I took it for ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-a-song-from-nothing-thread/333085/5 "2005-11-28T23:48:15Z")
I would think that maybe “Band of Gold” by Freda Payne might have been it, but no mention of a beach in the lyrics, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-a-song-from-nothing-thread/333085/6 "2005-11-29T13:38:49Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > How about “[Rings](http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/index.php?option=com_webfitzlyrics&Itemid=27&func=fullview&lyricsid=4350)” by Cymarron (1971)? Wow, I think that might be it! I’ll have to see if I can find a way to listen to it, but it sure seems to fit the bill. I am stunned, thanks!