Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | III. Love’s Beginnings | | “Comin’ through the rye” | | Robert Burns (1759–1796) |
| | Adapted
GIN a body meet a body | |
| Comin’ through the rye, | |
| Gin a body kiss a body, | |
| Need a body cry? | |
| Every lassie has her laddie,— | 5 |
| Ne’er a ane hae I; | |
| Yet a’ the lads they smile at me | |
| When comin’ through the rye. | |
| Amang the train there is a swain | |
| I dearly lo’e mysel’; | 10 |
| But whaur his hame, or what his name, | |
| I dinna care to tell. | |
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| Gin a body meet a body | |
| Comin’ frae the town, | |
| Gin a body greet a body, | 15 |
| Need a body frown? | |
| Every lassie has her laddie,— | |
| Ne’er a ane hae I; | |
| Yet a’ the lads they smile at me | |
| When comin’ through the rye. | 20 |
| Amang the train there is a swain | |
| I dearly lo’e mysel’; | |
| But whaur his hame, or what his name, | |
| I dinna care to tell. | | | | |
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