The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book/Comin' Thro' The Rye

by Robert Burns

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105—COMIN' THRO' THE RYE

Gin a body meet a body,
Comin' thro' the rye;
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?

Chorus

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