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T:Comin Thro The Rye
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C:Robert Burns (poem 1782)
C:Trad (music - Common' Frae The Town)
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w:Gin a bo-dy meet a bo-dy, Com-in' thro' the rye Gin
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w:a bo-dy kiss a bo-dy, Need a bo-dy cry - Ilk-
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w:a las-sie has her lad-die - Nane, they say, ha'e I Yet -
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w:a' the lads they smile at me, When com-in' thro' the rye Yet -
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w:a' the lads they smile at me, When com-in' thro' the rye Yet -
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w:a' the lads they smile at me, When com-in' thro' the rye
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W:Gin a body meet a body, Comin' thro' the rye,
W:Gin a body kiss a body, Need a body cry?
W:Ilka lassie has her laddie, Nane, they say, ha'e I!
W:Yet a' the lads they smile at me, When comin' thro' the rye. 
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W:2
W:Gin a body Beet a body Comin' frae the toun,
W:Gin a body greet a body, Need a body froun?
W:Ilka lassie has her laddie, Nane, they say, ha'e I;
W:Yet a' the lads they smile at me, When comin' thro' the rye. 
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W:3
W:Amang the train there is a swain I dearly lo'e mysel',
W:But whaur his hame or what his name I dinna care to tell.
W:Ilka lassie has her laddie, Nane, they say, ha'e I;
W:But a' the lads they lo'e me weel, And what the waur am I?

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