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“The rose is red, the violet’s blue,
The honey’s sweet, and so are you.
Thou art 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.”
~ English Nursery Rhyme
Happy Valentine’s Day!
The honey’s sweet, and so are you.
Thou art 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.”
~ English Nursery Rhyme
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Happy Valentine’s Day Catherine!
Violets are blue, Roses are red, The sugarbowl’s empty, and so is your head.
-variation floating around from when I was growing up…
“My Love Is a Rose / Our Violence Blue, / A Young Man’s Fancy / And So Dear Are You,” — Porky Pine, a character in the comic strip, Pogo
Touche!