Roses are Red, Violets are Blue
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- "The rose is red, the violet's blue" (variant 1) in A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes (1895)
- "The rose is red, the violet's blue" (variant 2) in A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes (1895)
"Roses Are Red" is the name of a love poem and children's rhyme with Roud Folk Song Index number 19798. It has become a cliché for Valentine's Day, and has spawned multiple humorous and parodic variants. Warning: template has been deprecated.