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"Comin' Thro' the Rye" is a poem written in 1782 by Robert Burns (1759–96). It is well known as a traditional children's song, with the words 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.
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The title of the novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger comes from the poem's name. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, misinterprets a part of this poem to mean "if a body catch a body" rather than "if a body meet a body." He keeps picturing children playing in a field of rye near the edge of a cliff, and him catching them when they start to fall off.
Comin' thro' the rye (1928) -
Florence Easton
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
Ilka lassie has her laddie
Every girl has her boy
Nane, they say, ha’e I
None, they say, have I
Yet all the lads they smile on me
When comin' thro' the rye
Comin' thro' the rye (1938) - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra featuring Edythe Wright
Coming through the rye (
Mogambo, 1953) - Ava Gardner
Comin' thru the rye (1959) -
Julie London
Rockin' through the rye (1956) - Bill Hayley and His Comets
Comin' thro' the rye (2005) -
The Real McKenzies
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