Kiss
For want of a mountain a primrose was lost,
For want of a primrose a love song was lost,
For want of a love song a sly kiss was lost,
And that was the thing that mattered most,
Yes, that was the thing that mattered most.
Robert Crawford
For want of a mountain a primrose was lost,
For want of a primrose a love song was lost,
For want of a love song a sly kiss was lost,
And that was the thing that mattered most,
Yes, that was the thing that mattered most.
From The Thing that Mattered Most: Scottish poems for children edited by Julie Johnstone (SPL/B&W, 2006)
Reproduced by permission of the author.
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