Comin thro' the Rye-Robert Burns 1759-1796, Song

[First Setting]

          Comin thro' the rye, poor body,

              Comin thro' the rye,

          She draigl't a' her petticoatie

             Comin thro' the rye.

[CHORUS.]

                    Oh Jenny 's a' weet poor body

                         Jenny 's seldom dry,

                    She draigl't a' her petticoatie

                         Comin thro' the rye.

          Gin a body meet a body

             Comin thro' the rye,

      Gin a body kiss a body --

             Need a body cry.

                  Oh Jenny 's a' weet, &c.

        Gin a body meet a body

            Comin thro' the glen;

      Gin a body kiss a body --

            Need the warld ken!

                  Oh Jenny 's a' weet, &c.

[Second Setting]

          Gin a body meet a body, comin thro' the rye,

          Gin a body kiss a body, need a body cry;

          Ilka body has a body, ne'er a ane hae I;

          But a' the lads they loe me, and what the waur am I.

          Gin a body meet a body, comin frae the well,

          Gin a body kiss a body, need a body tell;

         Ilka body has a body, ne'er a ane hae I,

          But a the lads they loe me, and what the waur am I.

         Gin a body meet a body, comin frae the town,

       Gin a body kiss a body, need a body gloom;

       Ilka Jenny has her Jockey, ne'er a ane hae I,

        But a' the lads they loe me, and what the waur am I.