What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?

Nursery Rhyme Roses Are Red (Violets Are Blue) with Lyrics and Music

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?

"Roses are Red" has been used as a nursery rhyme for long time (the rhyme was first time published in 1784). But it is also widely used as a love poem for i.e. Valentines day, or in weddings.

There are different versions/variations of "Roses are red". You will find some of them below.

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The original version:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.

Here is another "love" version:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue
You are cute,
I`m falling in love with you.

This some funny "children's lore" versions:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Cashews are nuts,
And so are you.Roses are red
Violets are blue
Onions stink
And so do you!

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What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?

"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet;
And so are you."

This is the stereotypical poem. Its origins are unknown, but may, according to Wikipedia, be traced to these lines from Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene:

"It was upon a Sommers shynie day,
When Titan faire his beames did display,
In a fresh fountaine, farre from all mens vew,
She bath'd her brest, the boyling heat t'allay;
She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew."

"Blew" is an old spelling of "blue". Both roses and violets exist in varieties of many colours. Viola sororia and Viola odorata are the bluest violets; red roses are hybrid teas of the genus Rosa.

It has often been parodied.


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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I really can't rhyme
Microwave!

(recited by a high school student in an amphitheater in Greece)



Roses are red
Violets are blue
He/she's for me
Not for you
If by chance
You take my place
I'll take my fist
And smash your face


Roses are red
Violets are blue
I've got a knife
Get in the van.


Roses are red
Violets are blue
What line comes next?
I haven't a clue.


Roses are red
My feet are green
It's Valentine's Day
So let's get obscene.


Roses are red,
Violets are violet,
Blah blah blah,
Let's shag.


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
The Cake Is a Lie,
And now so are you.


Roses are green,
Violets are yellow.
This doesn't rhyme,
And I'm color-blind.


Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Some poems rhyme.
This one doesn't.





Roses are red
Violets are blue
I have V.D.
Now you have it too.


Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you
But the roses are wilting
The violets are dead
The sugar bowl's empty
And so is your head.



Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sexual hormones
Are why I love you


Roses are red
Daffodils are yellow
I'd rather have rabies
Than be your fellow




Roses are red
Corpses are blue
When this poem rhymes,
You'll be one as well.


Roses are green
Unicorns are fridge
This poem makes no sense
Toaster.


Roses are red
My name is Dave
This poem makes no sense
Microwave



Roses are red, and violets are blue
Nothing I've seen is sweeter than you
Let's plant a seed of love that can bloom
Withstanding all, all the time shining true
Violets are blue, roses are red
And one day all that we know will be dead
So let's plant the seed and let love be true
Till the day roses wither and I'll be without you


Roses are red, and violets are blue
Daffodils are yellow, all of this is true
Let's just be happy, no one wants to be blue
'Cause roses are red and violets are blue






Roses are red
Violets are Blue
Chicken shit stinks
And so do you


Roses are red
Dead ones are black
Why is your chest
As flat as your back?


Violets are blue
Roses are red
I hate you
I wish you were dead.


Roses are (sometimes) red,
Violets are (sometimes) blue,
I've got Aspergers,
Have you got it too?



Roses are Red
Violets are blue
This line doesn't rhyme
And neither does this one


Roses are red
Violets are not blue
The color's in the name!
Hmph, never mind



Roses are red
Violets are blue
Wait... then my flowerbed is purple...
YAAAAAAYY!!!
——

Roses are red
Roses are yellow
Grandpa's teeth
Are lost in the Jell-o!
——

Violets are red
And roses are blue
If you use Photoshop
To mess with the hue.
——

Roses are red
Bacon is red

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?

Poems are hard
...Bacon


Roses are red
Roses are red
Hitman is cool
But is bad at poems.
——-

Roses are red
That much is true
Violets are violet
Not fucking blue
——-

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Kiss my ass
And fuck you, too!
——

The roses are red
And the violets are crimson
I've killed the gardener
And you're coming next.
——

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Vodka is cheaper
Than dinner for two
——

Roses are red
WOLOLO!
Roses are blue.
——

Roses are red
Violets are blue
RYUU GA WAGA
TEKI WO KURAU!
——


Roses are red
My screen is blue
And I'm sitting here thinking
What the fuck did I do?
——



Roses are red
The TARDIS is blue
And Donna now asks
Doctor Who?



Roses are red
Violets are blue
Does this rag
Smell like chloroform to you?





Roses are red
Violets are blue
I suck at poetry
Show me your tits




Roses are grey
Violets are grey
Everything's grey
Because I'm a dog


Roses are red
Violets are blue
I have a gun!
Get in the van!


Variants in media:

Comic Books 

  • The Adventures of Captain Jack:

    Roses are red
    Lemons do pucker
    Prisoners escape
    When the guard is a sucker!

Comic Strips 

Roses are red,
A deep crimson hue,
When you got in trouble,
You sure were too! Ha! Ha! note 

And:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Tu-lips are what we'll be kissing,
Woo-woo!
— Calvin and Hobbes

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I know where you live
And your family too.
— Sherman's Lagoon

Roses are red
Violets are blue
If something smells bad
it's gotta be you.

Roses are red
Emeralds are green
You must weigh more
Than a washing machine.

Roses are red,
tomatoes are too
If I had one now
I'd throw it at you.

Roses are red
Like a big fiery comet
Your face would make even
Quasimodo vomit.

Roses are red
Daffodils gold
You might look better
If you scraped off that mold.

Roses are red
Looming huge to the ant;
I wish you would drown
In a waste treatment plant

Roses are red
With shades of green;
Your breath smells bad
Use more Listerine.
— FoxTrot note 

Roses are red
And violets are blue
Take care of that sciata
Down by your (wazoo) note 
— Frazz

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
At least, that's what they tell me,
Because I am blind.
— The Far Side

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Cardboard is stiff
And so are you
— Dilbert note 

Fan Works 

  • Calvin & Hobbes: The Series:

    Roses are red
    Violets are violet.
    Just thought I'd mention that,
    Since SpongeBob isn't violent.note 

  • Roses Are Red
    What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?
    (Teen Titans fanfiction):

    Roses are red
    Stems are green
    You're the prettiest half-demon
    I've ever seen

Films — Live-Action 

Roses are red,
violets are blue ...
I'm about to fuck up.
So what else is new?
Colin, Greenfingers

Sir roses are red,
Sir violets are blue,
Sir sugar is sweet,
Sir so are you.
Baravelli on the symptoms of cirrhosis, Horse Feathers

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I wanna poke your fucking eyes out with my dick, you fuck
Charles Randall, Righteous Kill

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
They'll need dental records
To identify you.
— Valentine

Roses are red,
violets are blue,
I'm schizophrenic,
and so am I.
— What About Bob?

Roses are red,
and how do you do?
Drink four of these,
and woob-woob-woob-woob!
Curly, No Census, No Feeling

Roses are red.
Sonic is blue.
Earth needs a hero.
A hedgehog will do!
— One of several taglines for Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), which was released on a Valentine's Day.

Gamebooks 

  • The Fighting Fantasy gamebook, Eye of the Dragon had a trap where players walks into a dead end bearing this message:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
A face like yours.
Belong in a zoo.
(Cue inescapable portcullis sealing the only way in, leaving the reader permanently trapped if they do not have a necessary item)

Literature 

Raseuse arrête, valet de Tsar bat loups
Joues gare et suite, un sot voyou.
— Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Ramesnote 

Roses are red,
Corpses are blue,
On Valentine's day
You'll die too!
R. L. Stine, "Broken Hearts"

Roses are red, violets are blue,
Angels in heaven know I love you

Live-Action TV 

Roses are red
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be Jewish
Benny Hill

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
I'm gonna break your face
The Champ, Police Squad!

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Fudge is sweet
Here's some fudge.
Bob Pinciotti, That '70s Show

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Have sex in the Corps
And I'll break your neck
Deacon Jones, G Vs E

Roses are red
Violets are fickle
When I'm done with you
All you'll have left is this nickel
Maris Crane, Frasier

Big Balls are red
Mud is brown
I really like it
when people fall down
- John Henson, Wipeout2008

Dear Hallmark,
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Your cards are shit,
And your channel is too.
— Chris Addison on Mock the Week

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I'm locked up in Broadmoor,
And thinking of you.
— Hugh Dennis on Mock the Week

Roses are red
violets are blue
pansies are poets, Will
tell me it isn't true.

Roses are red
violets are blue
Jazz and I are black
but Carlton, what are you?
—Carlton Banks and Will Smith, respectively, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Roses are red
violets are green
Get offa your butt
an' join the Marines!
—John Wayne on Laugh In

Roses are red, violets are blue,
You killed Elliott and I could have killed you.

A.D.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I fucked and killed your mother,
But I really didn't mean to.
— Trying to apologize to Empress Catherine on The Great

Music 

Roses are red, yes, and violets are blue.
I looked for both, but they never grew.
Roses are red, yes, and that stands for lust —
The other's for innocence; for that, I'm not fussed.
Zoe's Adventures Under Ground, "River Rise Over"

Roses are red,
Violets are purple,
Sugar is sweet,
And so's maple surple.
Roger Miller, "Dang Me"

Roses are red, violets are blue
And time is beginning to crawl
I just might have to come see you
Where teardrops fall
Bob Dylan (no, really), "Where Teardrops Fall"

Roses are red, my love.
Violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet, my love.
But not as sweet as you.
Then I went far away and you found someone new.
I read your letter dear, and I wrote back to you:
"Roses are red, my love.
Violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet, my love.
Good luck, may God bless you."
Bobby Vinton, "Roses Are Red (My Love)"

Roses are red
And violets are blue
Honey is sweet
But not as sweet as you
Aqua, "Roses Are Red" (Different song, same title.)

Violets are blue
Roses are red
Daisies are yellow
The flowers are dead.
Lil Wayne, "I Feel Like Dying"

The rose is red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar's sweet;
Sweetie, so are you!
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn, "So Are You"

Wine is red
Poison is blue
Strychnine is good
For what's ailin' you
The Sonics, "Strychnine"

Roses are red
And violets are blue
You chase me
And so will I
Burma-Shave...
Roger Miller, "Burma Shave"

Burns are red
bruises blue
out with the old
cheated by the new
Chumbawamba, "Amnesia"

Print Media 

Roses are red
The hoisery's nude
This dress is heinous
Your stylist should be sued
Bullseye, Entertainment Weekly, Issue #1197

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Bricks are heavy,
And L7 is too.

And:

Violets are blue
And roses are red.
Go get L7
For a shot of street cred.
Bricks Are Heavy Review, Entertainment Weekly, Issue #123

Roses are red
Violets are blue
We make our bread
On clods like you!
MAD, "A Valentine to all our readers", #133

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm a man for all seasons
So what else is new?
MAD, the first of a Running Gag from the "Quiz Show" movie parody.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Just call the network
and tell them you're through
MAD, yet another one from the Quiz Show parody, when Charles is wondering what to do next.

Roses are red
Pumpkins are orange
I wish I had
A great big borange
MAD, a final one from the Quiz Show parody, when Charles gives a Freudian Excuse about being unable to impress his father through poetry. In the next panel, his father starts on another, but is told to shut up.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
This game is stupid
— Review header for Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, April 2003, page 98

Pro Wrestling 

"Roses is red, violets is blue. The Young Bucks got long pretty hair like a girl do. So Sunday in New York we gonna have to make em our bitches, and yall probably gonna go back to California with stitches. Now if yall can't be in New York to watch us make them girls scream and holler, you can order that sumbitch on pay per view, only ten dollars. Go Fight Live dot tv baby, big ten year anniversary, yall don't wanna miss this shit! I promise."

Theater 

Oscar Hammerstein's gone
Larry Hart's laying low
The rose is red
The violet's blue
The sugar's sweet
And so are you
That's as deep as we go
— Forbidden Broadway's parody of Miss Saigon, "You Are Hallmark, I Postcard"

Finders can be weepers
Losers can be keepers
Roses can be red
Violets can be blue
Some lyrics rhyme
Some don't
Jitter, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!, "Stay with Me"

Toys 

Have you ever found words in your alphabet soup? ALPHABITTLE discovered a whole poem once! It started, "Roses are red, violets are blue..." But she never read the rest of it. She was so hungry, she gobbled up the rest of the poem!
— G3 My Little Pony, Alphabittle's backcard story

Video Games 

Roses are gray
Violets are gray
I'm dead and color-blind.
Forsaken male /silly emote, World of Warcraft

Roses are red,

violets are blue,

I'll kill any [race] I see,

including you!

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm gonna kill you
Doodley-doo
Gargarensis, Age of Mythology

Roses are red
Zombies are blue
But my face is whitenote 
So you know I'm true
Eriko, Revelations Persona

Roses are red
Violets are blue
You suck
— Graffiti written below an over-the-top poem in Left 4 Dead

Wines is red
Spices is yellow
But old Jack-of-Smiles
Is a murderous fellow
— A message the player can receive during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose in Fallen London

Roses are red.
So is this wine.
I'll be the 6,
if you'll be my 9.
Nutaku, Crush Crush

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Bulldozer, bulldozer,
I love you.
Dizzy, Kids on Site

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Your loaning rights are revoked
Due to books overdue
— Library notice, The Darkside Detective

Roses are red,
Pillows are white,
Get our special bundle
And stay up all night!
$50 Valentine's special at Fancy Nancy Flowers sponsored by Pillowtronics!
— Fading advertisement on the Nickel News bulletin outside, Thimbleweed Park

Roses are red
Violets are blue
You control the news
And they control you
— Unknown letter at the office desk, Headliner: NoviNews

Web Animation 

Roses are red
Violets are blue
One day we'll cruise
Down Blood Gulch Avenue
— First verse of the Red vs. Blue theme

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Your house is covered
In piles of excrement
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, reviewing Saints Row 2

the roses are red
the violets are blue
fuck you
A card Mokey gives to Momee, Mokey's Show

Web Comics 

Roses be red,
Violence be bloody,
Littleton kid went
Killing with his buddy.
Una-bomber! Oklahoma!
Fire down ho!
Sharks in da gene pool,
North of Kosovo!
Everyone's packing,
So I'll pack my nickel bag,
Gonna get my peace on and offer yas a drag.
Monique, Sinfest [1]

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?

Roses are red
I give them to mom
She makes me cookies
Nommy nom noms
Cinna the Poet, Hark! A Vagrant ([2]

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?
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You need a poem? Fine!
Roses are red
Green is the grass
I'm sorry I hurt you
I'm a horse's ass.
If you need a haiku, just remember "peace-shattering moron" is six syllables.
Fred Macintire (advising Lisa), Something*Positive

Web Original 

Roses are scarlet,
Violets are purple,
My love for you is...
is...
Goddammit.
— I-Mockery.com

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Check out this new car!
I'm staring at you.
— One of the "love letters" Fiat delivered to "Isabel" in hopes of choosing her as a lucky winner, Cracked

Gamzee has Faygo,
Sollux has honey,
Stop writing poems,
They're not fucking funny!
— Homestucks on YouTube

Roses are red,
But usually pink.
Violets aren't blue,
At least I don't think.
They're more sort of purple,
It's so hard to tell.
It's a bit complicated,
But love is as well.
Mitch Benn on

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?
Twitter
What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?

Many examples from the Waterstone's Blog

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?
, including:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Many years have gone by,
Since I met you.

Roses are also,
Yellow and pink,
The passing of time,
It makes you think.

Violets are violet,
If truth be told,
Once we were young,
But now we were old.

Violets are blue,
Roses are red,
The only alternative's,
Being DEAD.
— Paul Stewart

and

  • An attempt
    What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?
    at finding a rhyme for purple to make the poem more accurate results in this:

    Roses are red,
    violets are purple,
    My boner for you
    has caused me to hirplenote .

  • A fairly common internet joke, with the details changing between the telling:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Wololo
Violets are red

  • The reddit sub /r/boottoobig
    What was the original Roses are red violets are blue poem?
    is devoted to parodies.

Web Videos 

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
People are idiots,
The end.
— WTFIWWY Ep. 28

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Poems are hard-
So am I.
— Said by Rob Dyke in one of Mr Repzion's videos

Roses are red,
Violets are red,
Everything is red,
I just got shot.
— Caddicarus

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I suck at poems,
Bewbs.
The Honest Trailers voice guy, reading a YouTube comment

Western Animation 

Roses is red,
Violets is blue,
Misery loves company,
That's why we're here with you!
Burger Beagle, DuckTales (1987), "The Bride Wore Stripes"

"Roses are red, violets are blue."
That's what they say, but it just isn't true.
Roses are red, and apples are too,
But violets are violet. Violets aren't blue.
An orange is orange, but Greenland's not green
And a pinky's not pink. So what does it mean?
To call something blue when it's not, we defile it.
But ah, what the heck: it's hard to rhyme "violet".
Dot Warner, Animaniacs

Roses are red, violets are blue,
If I had your face, I'd be in a zoo.
Roy Rooster, Garfield and Friends

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
[belches] THIS BELCH IS FOR YOUUUU!!!
Heffer Wolfe, Rocko's Modern Life

The movies are gray
The TV is black
The horses are running
Please bring me some food
Heinz Doofenshmirtz, Phineas and Ferb

Roses R Red
Roses R Blue
It's time for Poet's Corner!
Yahoo!
Intro to the poetry segment of Cartoon Planet

Roses are red,
Violets are pink,
Flowers smell good,
But you sure sCENSORED!
— Telegram delivered by Bugs Bunny, "Buckaroo Bugs" (Bugs then finished the line by shouting it in the recipient's face. The final word is of course, STINK!)

Roses are red,
Violets are blue
Your feathers are black
And mine are, too.
— A bear, to Daffy Duck, wearing some of the duck's black feathers, in "Suppressed Duck"

Dear Toots,
Roses are red,
Violets are blue
Mice are nice
But, OH YOU KID
Tom, in a love letter to Toots in the Tom and Jerry cartoon "The Zoot Cat"

Roses are red,
But Morton is blue.
Boo hoo hoo hoo
(face into typewriter)
Mr. Morton, Schoolhouse Rock!

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Turtles are geeks,
And so are you
The Populars, KaBlam!

Roses have low spectral wavelengths,
Violets have high.
Cindy is unable to express these values in Angstrom units,
'Cause she's not as smart as I.
"Ode to Cindy", The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, "Return of the Nanobots"

Robotnik is rotten,
Alfalfa is sneezy;
The minute I met her,
I loved my Breezie.
Sonic the Hedgehog, in his love letter/poem parody to Breezie, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

Chocolate Chip Cookies are red,
Chocolate Chip Cookies are blue;
Chocolate Chip Cookies are sweet
And so are you!
Happy Valentine’s Day
— Another one from Snoopy, A Charlie Brown Valentine

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
You're not made of junk,
But I still love you!
— Buckwheat's TV Head Robot in The Little Rascals episode "Science Fair and Foul", after Darla asked it to recite a romantic poem

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Gimme the ball,
I'm comin' through!
— Bluto in the Popeye short, "The Football Toucher Downer".

Roses are red
Violets are blue
My nose smells,
And your feet do, too.
— D.W. Read, Arthur

Roses are red
Pac-Man is yella
Let's open wide
And chomp on that fella!
— Sue, Clyde, Pinky, and Inky (respectively) in the 1982 Pac-Man animated series

Roses are red
Violets are bluenote 
You can make a bridge
When you have 2
— Written on two spools at Deserted Playhouse Island, Craig of the Creek

Roses Are Red
Bruises Are Blue
— Jasmine's name for the flower shop and cage-fighting school she wants to open, "Sky Fall", Total Drama Pahkitew Island


Statler: Roses are red.
Waldorf And violets are blue.
Statler: This page wasn't funny.
Waldorf: But what else is new?
Both: Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!


Make a Bridge When You Have 2

Inscribed on the spool Craig finds; he comments that he always thought violets were purple. Later, he and Wildernessa find the second spool, which contains the rest of the poem: "You can make a bridge when you have 2."

Alternative Title(s): Roses Are Red

  • Red Oni, Blue Oni
  • Red Index, Blue Index
  • Queer Flowers
  • Flower Garden Index
  • Something about a Rose
  • Riddle of the Sphinx
  • Dead Horse Trope
  • Save the Princess
  • Riesel Tales: Two Hunters
  • JustForFun/Statler and Waldorf
  • Rotten Tomatoes
  • Right Through the Wall
  • ImageSource/xkcd
  • Rousing Speech
  • "Risky Business" Dance
  • Stock Parodies
  • Rushmore Refacement

What was the original Roses are red violets are blue?

The origins of the poem can be traced as far back to 1590 by Sir Edmund Spense and later in 1784 made famous by Gammer Gurton's Garland: The rose is red, the violet's blue, The honey's sweet, and so are you.

Who wrote the poem roses?

First: The Original 'Roses Are Red' The original version of the poem has been corrupted in many ways over the centuries. Yes, centuries, because the original one - as far as we know - has been written in 1590 by Sir Edmund Spenser.

What is a red violets are blue poem?

“The rose is red, the violet's blue, The honey's sweet, and so are you. Thou are my love and I am thine; I drew thee to my Valentine: The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortune said it shou'd be you.”

What is the meaning of Roses are red violets are blue?

Meaning of the Poem “Roses Are Red and Violets Are Blue” It is a flower that conveys love, admiration, and deep emotion for the other person.