In the film ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Mel Gibson’s character has many copies of ‘Catcher in the Rye’, I saw last week. The partner of Ricky Gervais reported the comic had recently finished reading the book, I read this week. But what I didn’t know was that The Catcher in the Rye, was a novel inspired in part by Burns’ poem “Comin’ Thro’ the Rye,” after attending Burns Night last night:

O, Jenny’s a’ weet, poor body,
Jenny’s seldom dry:
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!

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 warl’ ken?

Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the grain;
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing’s a body’s ain.