Subject: Re: Burns, coming through the rye
From: Rob Riss (sdrelist@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 10:46:34 GMT
>
>On page 115 of Catcher, Holden hears a young boy singing "If a body
>catch a body coming through the rye" but I think there was some
>discussion a while ago about this being a misquoting of Robert
>Burns...any help clearing this up would be appreciated, will
Hey Will,
here's the burns poem, "COMIN THRO' THE RYE":
1.1 Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
1.2 Comin thro' the rye,
1.3 She draigl't a' her petticoatie
1.4 Comin thro' the rye.
[CHORUS.]
1.5 Oh Jenny 's a' weet poor body
1.6 Jenny 's seldom dry,
1.7 She draigl't a' her petticoatie
1.8 Comin thro' the rye.
1.9 Gin a body meet a body
1.10 Comin thro' the rye,
1.11 Gin a body kiss a body --
1.12 Need a body cry.
1.13 Oh Jenny 's a' weet, &c.
1.14 Gin a body meet a body
1.15 Comin thro' the glen;
1.16 Gin a body kiss a body --
1.17 Need the warld ken!
1.18 Oh Jenny 's a' weet, &c
here's a link too:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/burns19.html
Hope this helps,
-rob
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