Comin' Thro' the Rye...

Comin’ Thro’ The Rye (Old version)

Gin a body meet a body
Comin’ thro’ the rye
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body cry
Ilka lassie has her laddie
Nane, they say, hae I
Yet a’ the lads they smile at me
When comin’ thro’ the rye.

Gin a body meet a body
Comin’ frae the town
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body frown?
Ilka lassie has her laddie
Nane, they say, hae I
Yet a’ the lads they smile at me
When comin’ thro’ the rye.

’Mang the train there is a swain
I dearly lo’e myself
But what his name or whaur his hame

I dinna care to tell
Ilka lassie has her laddie
Nane, they say, hae I
Yet a’ the lads they smile at me
When comin’ thro’ the rye.

Coming Through the Rye (New version)

If somebody meets body
Coming through the rye
If somebody kisses somebody
Need somebody cry?
Every lady has her man
None, they say have I
Yet all the men they smile at me
When coming through the rye

If somebody meets somebody
Coming from the town
If somebody kisses somebody
Need somebody frown?
Every lady has her man
None, they say, have I
Yet, all the men they smile at me
When coming through the rye

Among the trains there is a boy
I dearly love myself
But what his name is or where his home is

I do not care to tell
Every lady has her man
None, they say, have I
Yet all the men they smile at me
When coming through the rye

By Robert Burns (1782).