Comin' Thro' the Rye

By Robert Burns
By Robbie Burns
Rise Up Singing chapter: Love, p.122
D A - D / D A - D / D A D G / DA DA A D

Gin a body meet a body
Comin' thro' the rye
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body cry?
Ilka lassie has her laddie
Nane, they say, hae I
Yet a' the lads they smile at me
When comin' thro' the rye

Gin a body meet a body
Comin' frae the town
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body frown?
Amang the train there is a swain
I dearly lo'e myself
But what his name or whaur his hame
I dinna care to tell

Other lyrics (with the "Jenny's a' wet" chorus):

1. O, Jenny's a' weet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry:
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!

Chorus:
Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
Comin thro' the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!


2. Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Chorus:

3. Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warl' ken?
Chorus:

4. Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the grain;
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing's a body's ain.
Chorus:

5. Ev'ry Lassie has her laddie,
Nane, they say, have I,
Yet all the lads they smile on me,
When comin' thro' the rye.
Chorus: