The Kiss You Steal In The Dark - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
The Kiss You Steal in the Dark. Copyright, 1896, by T. B. Harms & Co. Words by J. Cheever Goodwin. Music by Woolson Morse. 
Kisses vary greatly, Some you give sedately, No more warmth about them than there is in ice; Sisters kiss their brothers, Daughters kiss their mothers, But there's in such kisses not a single bit of spice. Kissing cheeks and kissing hands, Etiquette, at times, demands; Kissing sticky babies, too, All loo oft devolves on you. Kisses like these possess no savor, Never a one of them hits the mark; Give me a kiss with a robust flavor, The sort of a kiss that you steal in the dark. Oh, kisses like these possess no savor, Never a one of them hits the mark; Give me a kiss with a robust flavor, The sort of a kiss that you steal in the dark. 
Watch two women meeting, See their honey'd greeting, Pecking, like two parrots, at each other's lips: And again, when parting, At each other darting, Kissing, tho' with hate they tingle to their finger tips. Then those kisses on the stage Generally narrow gauge; Blows would more congenial be Both to kisser and kissee. Kissing of that kind, I pooh-pooh It! From if, of pleasure, derive no spark; Give me a kiss with a back-bone to it, The sort of a kiss that you steal in the dark. Oh, kissing of that kind, I pooh-pooh it! From it, of pleasure, derive no spark; Give me a kiss with a back-bone to it, The sort of a kiss that you steal in the dark. 
Married osculation, Done with ostentation, In nine cases out of ten's perfunctory; Lips you sample dally, Grow extremely stalely: Who can blame one if one hankers for variety? Then the mother of your wife, If you'd lead a quiet life, Kisses must be given her, Though you'd medicine prefer. I'm, of decorum, no infringer; Ready, in morals, to toe the mark: Give me a kiss that has lots of ginger, The sort of a kiss that you steal in the dark. Oh. I'm, of decorum, no infringer: Ready, in morals, to toe the mark: Give me a kiss that has lots of ginger, the sort of a kiss that you steal in the dark.