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Text:Comin' Through the Rye
Author:Robert Burns
Tune:[If a body meet a body]

178. Comin' Through the Rye

1 If a body meet a body,
Comin' thro the rye,
If a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?

Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
Nane, they say, ha'e I,
Yet a' the lads they smile on me,
When comin' thro' the rye.

2 If a body meet a body,
Comin' frae the town,
If a body greet a body,
Need a body frown?

Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
Nane, they say, ha'e I,
Yet a' the lads they smile on me,
When comin' thro' the rye.

3 Amang the train there is a swain I
Dearly love mysel':
But what's his name, or where's his hame I
dinna choose to tell.

Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
Nane, they say, ha'e I,
Yet a' the lads they smile on me,
When comin' thro' the rye.

Text Information
First Line: If a body meet a body
Title: Comin' Through the Rye
Author: Robert Burns
Refrain First Line: Ev'ry lassie has her laddie
Language: English
Publication Date: 1914
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [If a body meet a body]
Source: Scotch
Notes: Public Domain.



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