The chorus to 'Captain Bover' runs, 'Where hast tha been ma bonny hinny, where hast tha been ma bonny man'. Hinny is a dialect word and not gender specific.
I used to work with a Geordie who frequently called me 'bonny lad'. Not really relevant but I liked it. Geordie is a lovely dialect. I imagine that every choir in the North East has Water of Tyne in its repertoire, ours certainly has.