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Oppertunity [sic] lost, or The Scotch lover defeated. Here Willy follows 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. To a pleasant Northern tune. With allowance.

Title:Oppertunity [sic] lost, or The Scotch lover defeated. Here Willy follows 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. To a pleasant Northern tune. With allowance.
Note:[London] : Printed for P[hilip]. Brooksby in West-Smithfield, [between 1670-1696]
  
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Subject:Ballads, English -- 17th century
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