Comin Thro' the Rye

Chorus
O, Jenny `s a' weet,1 poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry;
She draigl't a'2 her petticoatie,
Comin' thro' the rye!3

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

II
Gin4 a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?

III
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warld ken?5

Chorus
O, Jenny `s a' weet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry;
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin' thro' the rye!

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

1 a' weet -- all wet
2 draigl't a' -- has soiled and wet of
3 the rye -- the stream
4 gin -- if
5 the warld ken -- everyone know about it