COMING  THROUGH  THE  RYE

Time signature:  4 / 4
Original Lyrics by Robert Burns, 1788,
Set to a traditional Scottish tune.
ACORDION (BUTTON) NOTATION
​Beats per bar = 2
Beat symbol = colon ( : ) or equivalent
Either row:  Buttons 5 to 9*  (Inside row can be played an octave lower)
First verse

|    ;5   “5       ”5     ;7    |       ;7*  “6     “7*   ;7    |
     If     a       bod - y         meet   a     bod - y
 
    ;5      “5           “5*    ;5     |    :6~   ~:      |
  Com – in’    through  the        rye____

  ;5  “5         ”8   ;7     |     ;7*  “6      “7*     ;7    |
  If    a       bod - y          kiss   a       bod - y
 
      ;5   "5           ;5*     “5     |      :6~ ~:     |
   Need  a          bod – y             cry___

Chorus

|    ;8   “7      ”6     ;7    |       ;7*  “6     “7*   ;7    |
    Ev - ‘ry     las – sie         has   a     lad - die
 
    ;8      “7       .6 “7     “8     |    :9*~   ~.    .9*    |
  None  they    say    have         I____,    yet

  ;8  “7       ;8*     ”7*     |    ;7    “6      “7*     ;7    |
  a   the     lads  they     smile  on     me  when
 
     ;5   "5           ”5*     ;5     |      :6~ ~:     |
  Com - in’    through  the          rye___
Embedded youTube Videos
  
Sixteen videos (including one played first as waltz & then as reel, and three played in waltz time)
Keys:  A=1   C=2   D=4    E=2    F=2    F,D=1    G=4    
​
Key:  A

Tempo:   ~70 bpm

Singer:  Nellie Melba

Posted by: operbathosa

​Historic recording.
Key:  D

Singer: Lesley Cockram

Posted by: Peter Day
Key:  D

Tempo:  ~105 bpm

Singer:  Gordeanna McCulloch?

Posted by:  Gordeanna McCulloch
Key:  D

Tempo:  ~145 bpm

Singer:   Siobhan Miller

Posted by:  Elusive McSorley 
Key:   E

Tempo:  ~120 bpm

Singer:  Robyn Stapleton

Posted by:  atigay47
Key:  E

Tempo:  ~105 bpm

Artist:  Charles Elmer Szabo, BMI

Posted by: SZABO MUSIC 
Key:  F

Pianist:  ?

​Posted by:  Boundless - Music & Vlog
The musical set begins (in key of F) and ends (in key of D) with "Coming Through the Rye"

Key:   F   time 0 to 0:45
          D time  2:11 to 2:56

Tempo:  ~110 bpm

Dancers:  RSCDS Chicago Branch

​Music by:  ?

Posted by:  Charles Coulon

​
Key:  G

Tempo:  80 bpm

Artists: ?

Posted by:  Easy_Sheet Music_Play_Along
Key:  G 
          
Tempo:  ~130 bpm

Singer:  John McDermott

Posted by:  John McDermott, Tenor

Great singing, but not exactly a "reel"!
 Key:  G

Players: ?

Posted by:  Jonita Aadland

​Rather short.  Select "loop" for longer performance.
Key:   G
  
Tempo:  ~100 bpm

Group:  Muffin Songs

​Posted by:  Muffin Songs
PLAYED AS A WALTZ
Time 0 to 1:27

PLAYED AS A REEL
Time 1:28 to 2:05

Key:  C

Player:  Our Australian friends
             Bob & Hector

Posted by:  bertosvids
IN WALTZ-TIME

Key:  D

Players:  Jim (mandolin)
               & Damian (banjo)

Posted by:  fireflyx15
IN WALTZ-TIME

Key:  F

Player:  Hector Awol

Posted by:  Hector Awol
IN WALTZ-TIME

Key:  C

Player:  Kevin Kennedy

Posted by:  Kevin Kennedy - Irish
BACKGROUND MATERIALS, INFORMATION & LINKS
Lyrics:

Verse 1




​Chorus




Verse 2




Verse 3




Verse 4
Typically two or more of these verses plus chorus.

​If a body meets a body
Comin' through the rye
If a body kiss a body
Need a body cry?

Every lassie has her laddie
None, they say, have I
Yet all the lads, they smile at me
When comin' through the rye

If a body meets a body
Comin' from the town
If a body meets a body
Need a body frown?

If a body meet a body,
Comin' from the well,
If a body kiss a body,
Need a body tell?

Upon the train there is a swain
I dearly love myself,
but what's her name or where's her name,
I do not choose to tell.
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