Mythology & Folklore

Roses Red

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Rose's red, vi'lets blue.
Sugar is sweet but not lak you.
De vi'lets fade, de roses fall;
But you gits sweeter, all in all.

As shore as de grass grows 'round de stump,
You is my darlin' Sugar Lump.
W'en de sun don't shine de day is cold,
But my love fer you do not git old.

De ocean's deep, de sky is blue;
Sugar is sweet, an' so is you;
De ocean waves an' de sky gits pale,
But my love are true, an' it never fail.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Roses Red.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/188/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Roses Red.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/188/.

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