Roses are Blue, Violets are Red was written in response to a call for Tasmanian jigs for a collation by Steve Gadd. This is one of three tunes I contributed.
abc text (abc is a form of text based notation very common in folk music) the above image is a render from abc and the text for this is:
X:1
T:Roses are Blue, Violets are Red
C:A Charman-Williams
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=95
K:Am
Ace|:”Am” a2e fed | “Em” e3 A2E | “Am” A2A cBA | “E” ^G3 Ace |
“Am” a2e fed | “E”e3 A2^G | “Am”ABc “E”A2^G |1 “Am”A3 Ace :|2 “Am”A3 AFE |
|:”Dm”D2F “E”E^GB | “Am”cBc A2c | “Em”e2e fed | “Am”ecB A2E |
“Dm”D2F “E”E^GB | “Am”cec a2b | “Am”aec “E”E^F^G |1 “Am”A3 AFE :|2 “Am”A3 c2d |
|: “Am”e2c “G”d2B | “Am”cBA “E”E2^G | “Am”A2A cBA | “E”^G3 Ecd |
“Am”e2c “Dm”f2d | “E”^g2e “Am”a2e | “Dm”ded “E”c2^G |1 “Am”A3 c2d :|2 “Am”A6 |]