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Jenny
English source:
Robert Burns
Coming through the rye, poor body,
Coming through the rye,
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Coming through the rye!
Jenny’s a’ weet, poor body,
Jenny’s seldom dry:
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Coming through the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warld ken?
Coming through the rye,
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Coming through the rye!
Jenny’s a’ weet, poor body,
Jenny’s seldom dry:
She draiglet a’ her petticoatie,
Coming through the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Gin a body meet a body
Coming through the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warld ken?
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist. He achieved fame in the Soviet Union, although later developed a more complex and difficult relationship with the government. As a composer, he combined a variety of different musical…
Poet
Robert Burns
Robert Burns , also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the…