Comin' Thro' the Rye" is a poem written in 1782 by Robert Burns (1759–96). The words are put to the melody of the Scottish Minstrel Common' Frae The Town. This is a variant of the tune to which Auld Lang Syne is usually sung-the melodic shape is almost identical, the difference lying in the tempo and rhythm.
Comin thro' the rye. 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. Comin thro' the glen; Gin a body kiss a body -. Need the warld ken! Oh Jenny 's a' weet, &c. 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
Comin' Thro the Rye'. Instead of "meeting" a body in the rye, he remembers it as "catching" a body. Discussing the poem with his sister, Phoebe, Holden tells her a fantasy that he is a rescuer of children playing in a field of rye, and he is catching them before they fall off a cliff. The reference to the poem in "The Catcher in the Rye" has prompted writers and scholars to take a look at the source when discussing the novel
Gin a body meet a body Comin thro' the glen Gin a body kiss a body, Need the warl' ken?. Gin a body meet a body Comin thro' the grain; Gin a body kiss a body, The thing's a body's ai. .Ilka lassie has her laddie, Nane, they say, ha’e I Yet all the lads they smile on me, When comin' thro' the rye. More on Genius. Comin’ Thro’ the Rye" Track Info. Release Date January 1, 1782. Composer(s) Robert Burns. Artist(s) Gordeanna McCulloch. 01:18. The third volume from the unique 'Complete Songs of Robert Burns' compendium. Includes the tracks Includes Auld Lang Syne, Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, Ca' the Yowes and Comin Thro' The Rye. Performers Ronnie Browne Ian Bruce Leslie Hale Gordeanna McCulloch Brian Miller Wendy Weatherby Mick West
Scottish Country Dances in Strict Tempo (including Bluebell Polka). Come o'er the stream, Charlie; My love is like a red red rose; Comin' thro' the rye; Brae's abune Bonawa). The Lads O' the Fair. The Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering/The Siege of Delhi.
Title(s): Comin Thro the Rye. Composer: unknown. Category: Celtic Music.
