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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
THE ROSES ARE WILTED, THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR IS LUMPY, AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAD THE GALL
TO WRITE THIS IN HER BOOK.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

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