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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 |
ROSES ARE RED, BIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET, BUT NOT AS SWEET AS YOU.
"BILL"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
BUT
THE ROSES ARE DYING, THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR IS LUMPY JUST LIKE YOUR HEAD.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET SO ARE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SOME POEMS RHYME, THIS ONE DON'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THERE'S A CROWN IN HEAVEN WAITING FOR YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE SHORTER THE SKIRT, THE BETTER THE VIEW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-06-1965
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE SKY IS PRETTY AND SO ARE YOU.
Submitter comment: I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS OR WHERE SHE LIVES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP METAMORA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
TO A NICE KID, WHO ISN'T A SMOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG SHMOO JERK DOPE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WE'LL STICK TOGETHER, JUST LIKE GLUE.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN IT RAINS I THINK OF YOU.
DRIP, DROP, DRIP, DROP.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00001950S
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHENEVER IT RAINS I THINK OF YOU.
(DROPS OF RAIN DEPICTED ON 5 X 8 CARD)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-03-1959
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN IT RAINS I THINK OF YOU.
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN I SEE A MONKEY, I THINK OF YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN I TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE, I THINK OF YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN I EMPTY MY GARBAGE, I THINK OF YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN I TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE, I THINK OF YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN YOU GET OLDER, YOUR DREAMS WILL COME TRUE.
P. S. MAYBE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1959