"Batatinha quando nasce..."

Comin' Thro' the Rye

O, Jenny's a' weet,[A] poor body,

Jenny's seldom dry:

She draigl't[B] a' her petticoatie,

Comin thro' the rye!

Chorus:

Comin thro' the rye, poor body,

Comin thro' the rye,

She draigl't a' her petticoatie,

Comin thro' the rye!

Gin[C] a body meet a body

Comin thro' the rye,

Gin a body kiss a body,

Need a body cry?[D]

(chorus)

Gin a body meet a body

Comin thro' the glen

Gin a body kiss a body,

Need the warl'[E] ken?[F]

(chorus)

Gin a body meet a body

Comin thro' the grain;

Gin a body kiss a body,

The thing's a body's ain.[G]

(chorus)

Ilka lassie has her laddie,

Nane, they say, ha’e I

Yet all the lads they smile on me,

When comin' thro' the rye.

Robert Burns