Comin' Thro' the Rye (attr. Burns)

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Comin' Thro' the Rye
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'The original words of "Comin' thro' the rye" cannot be satisfactorily traced. There are many different versions of the song. The version which is now to be found in the 'Works of Burns is the one given in Johnson's Museum, which passed through the hands of Burns; but the song itself, in some form or other, was known long before Burns.' —G. W. Napier, in an 1876 edition of Notes and Queries.

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2388456Comin' Thro' the RyeRobert Burns (1759-1796)Anonymous

Versions of Comin' Thro' the Rye include:

"Comin' Thro' the Rye", in Highland laddie (1820), a chapbook printed in Edinburgh
"Comin' thro' the rye", Burns version, in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
"Comin' thro' the rye", "modern theatrical version", in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
"Comin' Thro' the Rye", Burns version, in The Merry Muses of Caledonia (1911)
"Comin' Thro' The Rye" in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1917)
"Coming through the Rye", in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), edited by Alexander Smith

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