En venant à travers le seigle (Burns, set by Cyril Meir Scott) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Comin thro' the rye

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Available translation(s): FRE

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?
  (chorus)

Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warl' ken?
  (chorus)

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

Glossary

    weet – wet
    draigl't – draggled
    gin – if, should
    cry – call out [for help]
    warl – world
    ken – know
    ain – own

Authorship

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Comin thro' the rye" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "Comin thro' the rye", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], London: Elkin [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Helen Hopekirk.

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) , no title [an adaptation] ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Also set in Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch), a translation by August Corrodi (1826 - 1885) ; composed by Friedrich Niggli.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Jak šla žitem"
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Tullut läpi viljan", written 1918

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Text added to the website: 2019-03-08 00:00:00
Last modified: 2019-03-08 15:58:12
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Word count: 102

En venant à travers le seigle

Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)

Oh, Jenny est toute mouillée, pauvre d'elle,
Jenny est rarement sèche :
Elle a trempé tous ses jupons,
En venant à travers le seigle !
Chœur
 En venant à travers le seigle, pauvre d'elle,
 En venant à travers le seigle,
 Elle a trempé tous ses jupons
 En venant à travers le seigle !

Si une personne rencontre une personne,
En venant à travers le seigle,
Si une personne embrasse une personne,
Est-ce qu'une personne a besoin de crier ?
 (Chœur)

Si une personne rencontre une personne,
En venant à travers le vallon,
Si une personne embrasse une personne,
Est-ce que le monde a besoin de savoir ?
 (Chœur)

Si une personne rencontre une personne,
En venant à travers
Si une personne embrasse une personne,
La chose est la propriété d'une personne.
 (Chœur)

Authorship

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a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Comin thro' the rye"

Text added to the website: 2015-08-27 00:00:00
Last modified: 2019-03-08 16:01:10
Line count: 24
Word count: 132