Comin Thro the Rye 1914 recording Alma Gluck Catcher in the Rye lyrics
Comin Thro the Rye is a poem written in 1782 by Robert Burns (175996). The words are put to the melody of the Scottish Minstrel Common Frae The Town. The title of the novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger comes from the poem s name. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, misinterprets a part of this poem to mean if a body catch a body rather than if a body meet a He keeps picturing children playing in a field of rye near the edge of a cliff, and him catching them when they start to fall off. Publication date1914 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, 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 (Chorus) Gin a body meet a body, Comin
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