029 Comin Thro' The Rye
Tune: Miller's Wedding
Chorus
O Jenny's a' weet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry:
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!
1．
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?
3．
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warld ken?
4．
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the grain,
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing's a body's ain.
Notes
Title Comin Thro' The Rye: Crossing The Rye Field
Burns improved on a folksong to write this song. It was first printed in 1796.
Chorus
Line 1 a' weet: all wet
Line 3 draigl't a' her petticoatie: draggled all her petticoats
Line 4 rye: black wheat
Stanza 2
Line 1 Gin: if
Stanza 3
Line 2 glen: vale
Line 4 warld: world; ken: know
Stanza 4
Line 4 ain: own