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there was a poem by Robert Burns and it was something about Jennie who came back freezing and something about if some one meet someone ad kiss that one not every one will know I dont remember the words reallly can some one help me to find the name havent heard it since I was a child !.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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<<Si A body found when they go to another cuerpo, between centeno>> is a verse from the Scottish poet Robert Burns, known (the verse) inspired by 'The Catcher in the Rye', Salinger!. The protagonist of this novel is quoted saying that his favorite song is a party!. Burns was an author and mountain folk very well that not only poems but also escibĂ­a songs!.

http://www!.robertburns!.org/completesongs!.!.!.

In this direction can buy CDs with songs of Burns version in rock / country!.

The original title of the poem is' Comin Thro 'The Rye,' and you can find it at the following address:

http://quotations!.about!.com/cs/poemlyric!.!.!.

What to decipher precisely the poem !.!.!. if you read the whole you'll see that it has no mystery, the friend Burns intends to meet a friend that you called Jenny in the field of rye!.

Addresed to a gentleman at table
who kept boasting of the company he kept!.

What of lords with whom you've supped,
And of dukes that you dined with yestreen!
A louse, sir, is still a louse,
Though it crawl on the locks of a queen!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's 'Coming Through The Rye'!. (Comin' Thro' The Rye)

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

Verse 1
Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
Comin thro' the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!

Verse 2!.
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry!?

Verse 3!.
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warld ken!?

Verse 4!.
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the grain,
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing's a body's ain!.

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**Edit: This is the modern translation!.

Chorus
O Jenny is all wet, poor body,
Jenny is seldom dry:
She draggled all her petticoats,
Coming through the rye!

Verse 1
Coming through the rye, poor body,
Coming through the rye,
She draggled all her petticoats,
Coming through the rye!

Verse 2
Should a body meet a body
Coming through the rye,
Should a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry!?

Verse 3
Should a body meet a body
Coming through the glen,
Should a body kiss a body,
Need the world know!?

Verse 4
Should a body meet a body
Coming through the grain,
Should a body kiss a body,
The thing is a body's own!.Www@QuestionHome@Com