ROCKIN' THROUGH THE RYE
(Trad arr. Bill Haley & Arrett Keefer)
BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (DECCA 29948, 1956)

If a body digs a body
Rockin' through the rye
If a body digs a body
Need a body cry?
Every lassie digs a laddie
Nane they say, hey I
Yet all the lassies rock with me
When rockin' through the rye

The Campbells are rockin' the blues away
The Campbells are rockin' the blues away
There ain't stoppin' if, man they're boppin'
Gang a wa, gang a wa, go man go
Bonny me lassie is on the beat
Bonny me lassie is rockin' reet
I'd be laddie it's a fittin' and I had it
Gang a wa, let's go rockin' in the rye
Maxwelton's braes are bonny
And the blue bells lost their bloom
They were jumpin' in the heather
Like a knocked out feather
Hey, dig that crazy news!

The Campbells are rockin' the blues away
The Campbells are rockin' the blues away
Man let's give it up, give it up, give it up
Gang a wa, let's go rockin' in the rye

Maxwelton's braes are bonny
And the blue bells lost  their bloom
They were jumpin' in the heather
Like a knocked out feather
They dig that crazy news! Hoot!
The Campbells are rockin' the blues away
The Campbells are rockin' the blues away
Man let's live it up, live it up, live it up
Gang a wa, let's go rockin' in the rye
Gang a wa, let's go rockin' in the rye
Gang a wa, let's go rockin' in the rye

Based on an 18th century minstrel song written by
Robert Burns. Melody: "Common' Frae The Town"

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!

[Chorus]
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 warl' ken?

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

Ev'ry Lassie has her laddie
Nane, they say, have I
Yet all the lads they smile on me
When comin' thro' the rye