Talk:Roses are red
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Any kind of source for this? Who wrote the original? --NormalAsylum (t) 14:54, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Strictly anonymous as far as I know. I've never even seen a convincing history of the poem, let alone an author. Must have come from some where though. -Enkauston 23 August 2005
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[edit] Original source correction
The "original" source, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, should read "Roses red and violets blue,/And all the sweetest flowers, that in the forest grew."
- Actually, Spenser's words were: "She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,/And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew." 16th century spelling was different than Modern English. Gavroche42 02:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Maple syrup
Lyrics from a Roger Miller tune:
"Roses are Red
Violets are Purple
Sugar is sweet
And so's Maple Surple
Dang Me, Dang Me
They ought'a take a
Rope and Hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman, don't you cry for me."
- Loadmaster 03:47, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Legendary!
Man, I am SO going to have to remember those variations. Wikipedia rules!!! --User:Thematrixeatsyou/sig 04:31, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] All your base are belong to us
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j.engelh 15:17, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
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Would be better IMHO ;-) 81.221.187.197 20:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- It has been taken one step further:
- V 12:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Odd
Totally irrelevent but has anyone noticed violets are actually violet, not blue?
violet more like pilot
j.engelh says: What's odd with violet? Colors between #800080 and #8000E0 are violet for me. Also note that there is no such thing as "blue" (#0000C0 - #0000FF) in poetry - only azur/indigo, which on top is (#000000 - #000080). So violet is the only option IMO. -j.engelh 20:40, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Notable Variations?
With the possible exception of those that actually have a citation (Roger Miller and Aqua), are any of these variations truly notable? Is there an objection to removing them? Gavroche42 02:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Russian Reversal
Can anyone find a citation for 'Russian Reversal' instead of the 'Uncyclopedia' which mission is to be full of 'misinformation'? Gavroche42 12:22, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
