Roses are red, Violets are blue...

[Major Kong]

I don't know the original of this phrase
Do you?



What is the original of "roses are red, violets are blue"?

[Major Kong]

Original = origin

[Monty]

IIRC, it's from an old song. The only part I recall is:

Down in the valley,
Valley so low.
Hang your head over,
Hear the wind blow.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Angels in Heaven
Know I love you.

There must be more verses to it.

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

That's: "Roses love sunshine, violets love dew", Monty
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/valley.htm

But then there's about a million different lyrics, attributed to thousands of authors, or mainly to "unknown"

[Daizy]

Are you getting it confused with this song Monty?

Daizy

[Daizy]

Argh!!! Why do the hamsters go on pee break every time I want to post?!

You beat me Qadgop the Mercotan

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

Originally posted by Daizy
Argh!!! Why do the hamsters go on pee break every time I want to post?!

You beat me Qadgop the Mercotan

Do I still beat Daizy? How shall I answer that question?

[Walloon]

An early instance by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene (1590):

Roses red and violets blew,
And all the sweetest flowers, that in the forest grew.

[antechinus]

MajorK You should have said:

"Roses are red
Violets are blue"
I dont know the rest,
How about you?