Roses are red, Violets are blue...

Factual Questions
1

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

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

2

Original = origin

3

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

There must be more verses to it.

4

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”

5

Are you getting it confused with this song Monty? :slight_smile:

Daizy

6

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

You beat me Qadgop the Mercotan :slight_smile:

7

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

8

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

9

MajorK You should have said:

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