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some say kissing's a sin.
Some say kissing's a sin,
But I say that winna stand;
It is a most innocent thing,
And allow'd by the laws of the land.
If it were a transgression,
The ministers it would reprove,
But they, their elders and session,
Can do it as well as the lave.
Its lang since it came in fashion,
I'm sure it will never be done,
As lang as there's in the nation
A lad, lass, wife, or a lown.
What can I say more to commend it,
Tho' I should speak all my life;
Yet this will I say in the end o't,
Let ev'ry man kiss his ain wife.
Let him kiss her, clap her, and dawt her
And gie her benevolence due,
And that will a thrifty wife make her,
And sae I'll bid farewell to you.
finis.
