Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Comin' Thro' the Rye\" is a poem written in 1782 by Robert Burns (1759–96). It is well known as a traditional children's song, with the words put to the melody of the Scottish Minstrel Common' Frae The Town. This is a variant of the tune to which Auld Lang Syne is usually sung—the melodic shape is almost identical, the difference lying in the tempo and rhythm.G. W. Napier, in an 1876 Notes and Queries, wrote that,The original words of \"Comin' thro' the rye\" cannot be satisfactorily traced."@en }
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- Comin_Thro_the_Rye comment "\"Comin' Thro' the Rye\" is a poem written in 1782 by Robert Burns (1759–96). It is well known as a traditional children's song, with the words put to the melody of the Scottish Minstrel Common' Frae The Town. This is a variant of the tune to which Auld Lang Syne is usually sung—the melodic shape is almost identical, the difference lying in the tempo and rhythm.G. W. Napier, in an 1876 Notes and Queries, wrote that,The original words of \"Comin' thro' the rye\" cannot be satisfactorily traced.".