COMIN' THRU THE RYE
(traditional - Robert Burns (l) 1782)

as recorded by Julie London
with Jimmy Rowles & his Orchestra
1959


If a body meets a body
Comin' thru the rye,
If a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?

Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
None, they say, have I,
Yet all the lads, they smile at me
When comin' thru the rye!

(Comin' thru the rye)

(Comin' thru the rye)

If a body meets a body
Comin' from the town,
If a body meets a body,
Need a body frown?

Ev'ry lassie has her laddie,
None, they say, have I,
Yet all the lads, they smile at me
When comin' thru the rye,
Comin' thru the rye,
Comin' thru the rye,
Comin' ...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2017)