Roses Are Red (My Love)

By: Al Byron & Paul Evans
Bobby Vinton
Key: C

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Ros-es are red, my love doo doo da doooo

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A long, long time a-go, on grad-u-a-tion day.
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You hand-ed me your book I signed this way:

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“Ros-es are red, My Love,
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Vi-‘lets are blue,
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Sug-ar is sweet, My Love,
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But not as sweet as you.”

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We dat-ed through high school,
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And when the big day came,
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I wrote in-to your book,
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next to my name:

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“Ros-es are red, My Love,
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Vi-‘lets are blue,
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Sug-ar is sweet, My Love,
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But not as sweet as you.”

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Then I went far a-way,
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and you found some-one new.
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I read your let-ter, Dear,
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and I wrote back to you:

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“Ros-es are red, My Love,
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Vi-‘lets are blue,
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Sug-ar is sweet, My Love,
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Good luck, may God bless you

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Is that your lit-tle girl?
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She looks a lot like you.
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Some-day some boy will write
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in her book, too.

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“Ros-es are red, My Love,
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Vi-‘lets are blue,
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Sug-ar is sweet, My Love,
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But not as sweet as you.”