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--- rbergema@ucsd.edu wrote:
> Hi everyone, my name is Rebekah and I am brand new to this group.

Welcome, Rebekah. I'm not sure if anyone has extended greetings yet, but
every new voice is welcome around here.

> I've been searching for quite a while with no success, so I would
> appreciate anybody helping out, as to what poem by whom Catcher
> in the Rye stems from.

Well, Holden gets it wrong, which is why you might have had some
difficulty finding the poem.

Here it is:

Comin' Thro the Rye

O, Jenny's a' weet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry;
She draigl't a' her petticoattie
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 warld ken?

         -- Robert Burns

A lusty little ditty, this. But then, it's Robert Burns, go figure.

Regards,
Cecilia.

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Received on Wed Aug 14 18:33:59 2002