“The Kiss”
The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvannia, June 14, 1893
Because I kissed thee, Minguillo,
My mother keeps scolding at me;
Then give back, O give back, carillo,
The kiss that I gave unto thee.
Give me one long and sweet like the other,
And scolding in future I'll shun;
For then I can say to my mother
That we have the mischief undone.
Thou'lt a gainer be by it, Minguillo,
And by it a gainer I'll be;
Then give back, O give back, carillo,
The kiss that I gave unto thee.
Give it quickly, because, unforgiving,
My mother makes such an ado.
One away thou wilt seem to be giving,
Yet thou in its place wilt have two.
So we over her triumph, Minguillo,
And keep her from scolding at me;
Then give back, O give back, carillo,
The kiss that I gave unto thee.