The 'Sodger Laddie' section of the cantata (also referred to as 'I Once was a Maid') is perhaps the most licentious of all, and this is the likely reason for its inclusion in the collection of ...

Whare live ye, my bonie lass, And tell me what they ca' ye? My name, she says, is Mistress Jean, And I follow the Collier laddie. My name, she says, is Mistress Jean, And I follow the Collier laddie.