Comin thro' the rye (Burns) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
   Comin thro' the rye,
 She draigl't a' her petticoatie
   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.

 Gin a body meet a body
   Comin thro' the glen;
 Gin a body kiss a body
   Need the warld ken!

Authorship

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

[ None yet in the database ]

Set in Russian, a translation of Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887-1964) RUS

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Set in Swiss German, a translation of August Corrodi (1826-1885) RUS [text unavailable]

Friedrich Niggli (1875-1959)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-19.

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