Comin+thro+the+rye

**Comin' thro' the Rye ** Robert Burns

Jenny's seldom dry; She draiglet a' her petticoatie Coming thro' the rye.
 * Original Poem || Common English Translation ||
 * O, Jenny's a' weet, poor body;

Coming thro' the rye, poor body, Coming thro' the rye, She draiglet a' her petticoatie Coming thro' the rye.

Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body - Need a body cry?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Gin a body meet a body <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming thro' the glen, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Gin a body kiss a body - <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Need the warld ken?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Gin a body meet a body <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming thro' the grain <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Gin a body kiss a body <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The thing's a body's ain || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">O Jenny is all wet, poor body, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Jenny is seldom dry: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">She draggled all her petticoats, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming through the rye!

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming through the rye, poor body, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming through the rye, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">She draggled all her petticoats, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming through the rye!

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Should a body meet a body <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming through the rye, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Should a body kiss a body, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Need a body cry?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Should a body meet a body <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming through the glen, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Should a body kiss a body, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Need the world know?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Should a body meet a body <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Coming through the grain, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Should a body kiss a body, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The thing is a body's own. ||

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Facts About the Poem -<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">written in 1782 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">-common 18th century Scottish song <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">-traditional known as a children's song

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Significance
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">title of the novel is derived from Holden's misinterpretation of the poem
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">the poem may be about casual sex, which is relevant to //The Catcher in the Rye//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Holden cannot have sex with someone he cares for because he thinks it would degrade the girl
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">instead, he opts for casual sex or casual relationship
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Holden wants to "catch" the children in the rye or keep them innocent from a world steeped with sex
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">the poem may also be looked at for face value and seen as simply being about a girl named Jenny in the rye

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