Comin' Thro' the Rye
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"Comin' Thro' the Rye" is a poem written in 1784 by Robert Burns. The words are put to the melody of the Scottish Minstrel "Common' Frae The Town". This is a variant of the tune to which "Auld Lang Sy
Illustration to "Comin' Thro' the Rye" (published in Poetical Works of Robert Burns, 1920)
The ford across the Rye Water in Drakemyre, Dalry
Robert burns
Jo Stafford
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Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent cl
Picture of Stafford from the New York Sunday News, September 21, 1947
The singing Stafford Sisters in 1941
The Pied Pipers in 1944: Pictured here are Charles Lowry, Jo Stafford, Clark Yocum, and John Huddleston.
Jo Stafford, 1946