Comin thro' the Rye

[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.