Sheet Music: Comin' Thro' the Rye

TitleComin' Thro' the Rye
Alternate titlesComing Through the Rye
Common' Frae the Town
ComposerTraditional Scottish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyA-flat major
RangeEb4–F5
Time signature4/4
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time0:20
Difficulty levelintermediate
Download printable scorePDF Sheet Music (43 kB) (preview)
Download audio tracksMIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (172 kB)
Date added2010-10-13
Last updated2010-10-13
Download popularity index☆☆☆☆☆ 0.2 (relatively unpopular)
Categories
Nursery rhymes, Traditional/Folk

Performances

There are no recordings for this tune yet. Submit yours!

Wednesday 13 October 2010

Tune of the Day: Comin' Thro' the Rye

Traditional Scottish song

Robert Burns “Comin' Thro' the Rye” is well known as a traditional children's song, with the words set to the Scottish tune “Common' Frae the Town”. This is a variant of the tune to which “Auld Lang Syne” is usually sung, but with very different rhythm and tempo.

This song provides the title of J.D. Salinger's famous novel The Catcher in the Rye. The main character, Holden Caulfield, mishears the lyric, “Gin a body meet a body/ comin' through the rye”. Thinking it is, “Gin a body catch a body/ comin through the rye”, he imagines a field of rye and kids playing in the field.