Jim Pitt: Thank you, that's the one I wanted!
I gather that several contributors to this line must possess copies of "The Merry Muses of Caledonia", which contains all the bawdy gems written by or attributed to Burns, plus lots of others. Among them is the original version of "Coming
Through the Rye", in which "kissing" is not what the meeting
lovers are up to.
Here is a rather modest one thatI like:
Roseberry to his lady says,
"My honey and my succour,
O shall we do the thing ye ken,
Or shall we take our supper?"
Wi' modest face, sae full o' grace,
Replied the bonny lady:
"My noble lord, do as you please,
But supper is na ready."
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