At Rhynie I sheared my first hairst
Near tae the fit o Bennachie
And my maister was richt ill tae sit
But laith was I tae lose my fee

Chorus

Linten addie toorin addie
Linten addie toorin ae

Noo Rhynie’s work it’s ill tae work
An Rhynies’s wages are but sma
Aye an Rhynies’s laws are double stricht
An that’s fit grieves me maist of a

Chorus

O Rhynie it’s a cauld clay hole
An nithing like my faithers toon
An Rhynie’s sic a hungry place
That it disnae suit a lowland loon

Chorus

But I hae wrocht an I hae focht
An I hae won my penny fee
An I’ll ging back the gait I can
An a better bairnie I will be

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