%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> Oppertunity Lost, Or / The Scotch Lover Defeated. / Here Willy followes Peggy still / But ner'e attains to have his will / His slowness caus'd the hasty Maid / To call a Miller to her ayd: / Who nimbler then her Lover seaz'd / And straight her hasty passion eas'd. University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer ?-? Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 06/25/2014 33801

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R227324 1 To a pleasant Northern tune. Pretty Peggy Benson To a pleasant Northern tune. THere was a Lass in our Town / Slea Willy Stenson Slea Willy Stenson / ... / Twas pretty Peggy Benson. [with variation] Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1132 Oppertunity Lost, Or / The Scotch Lover Defeated. / Here Willy followes Peggy still / But ner'e attains to have his will / His slowness caus'd the hasty Maid / To call a Miller to her ayd: / Who nimbler then her Lover seaz'd / And straight her hasty passion eas'd. Opportunity Lost, Or The Scotch Lover Defeated. Here Willy follows Peggy still But never attains to have his will His slowness caused the hasty Maid To call a Miller to her aid: Who nimbler then her Lover seized And straight her hasty passion eased. ?-? P. Brooksby

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THere was a Lass in our Town Slea Willy Stenson He lov'd a Lass was bonny and brown Twas pretty Peggy Benson.
Each morn as he gang'd to the field Slea Willy Stenson He wa'd some proof of kindness yeild To plretty Peggy Benson.
Her Beauty sea his heart had fier'd Slea Willy Stenson He coud not tell what he desir'd Of pretty Peggy Benson. He followed her through Kirk and Kie Slea Willy Stenson, But gard not yet declare his weell To pretty Peggy Benson. But once upon a Summer day Slea Willy Stenson, He gang'd abroad a making hay with pretty Peggy Benson. He blith and bonny was that day Slea Willy Stenson, Cause he might wanton in the hay with pretty Peggy Benson. Quo he, dict Lass i'de ligg thee down Slea Willy Stenson, An 'twon't for moyling thy green gown, my pretty Peggy Benson. The Lass reply'd it cost thee naught Slea Willy Stenson, Then ligg me down and spare me not Quo pretty Peggy Benson. Gad quo the Lad, ise tell thee what Slea Willy Stenson, Ise ene gang heam, and fetch my Cleak for pretty Peggy Benson. He went heam, and came agen Slea Willy Stenson, But he found a Miller on her wem Oh filthy Peggy Benson. He wisht his Cleak had been ith fire Slea Willy Stenson, Sen he had lost his hearts desire And pretty Peggy Benson. She bade him come another day Slea Willy Stenson, She left him sad and tript away O naughty Peggy Benson.
Printed for P. Brooksby in West-smithfield.