Auchindoir and Rhynie (parishes) are in the west of Aberdeenshire, north of the Don. Noth is a considerable hill in the latter.


1

There lives a man in Rynie’s land,

Anither in Auchindore,

The bravest lad amo them a’

Was lang Johnny Moir.

2

Young Johnny was an airy blade,

Fu sturdy, stout, and strang;