"Coming Through The Rye" by Robert Burns

          The poem, "Comin Through the Rye," by Robert Burns is probably best known because of Holden's misinterpretation of it in The Catcher in the Rye. He tells his fantasy to his sister, Phoebe (he's the "catcher in the rye," rescuing children).Here's the complete text of the poem.

                                                                 Comin Thro' The Rye.

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

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

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

                                            Gin a body meet a body
                                            Comin thro' the glen,
                                            Gin a body kiss a body,
                                            Need the warld ken?

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