1. The rose is red the grass is green The days are past That I have seen 2. My friends when you Those lines do see In reading This remember me 3. And when the bell begins to toll The Lord have mercy on my soul.

Bolton & Co. Verse:: 182
Full Text: 1. The rose is red the grass is green The days are past That I have seen 2. My friends when you Those lines do see In reading This remember me 3. And when the bell begins to toll The Lord have mercy on my soul.
Listed on Page Number: 278
Sampler Worked By: Hannah Wiggins
Date of Sampler: 1730
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page: 86
Author/Publication/Country/Date: No result found.
Notes: Notes: 1. First line commonly found in nursery rhyme and popular folk song. Also Stitched by: Anthony,, Sarah. n.d., n.p., p.30 Haskell, Sarah. 1782, Lunenburg, [PA?], p. 51 Little, Ruth. 1766, Marshfield, MA, p. 61 Sandborn, Elizabeth Dearborn. 1786, Meredith Bridge [now Laconia, NH], p. 73 Chase, Sally. 1810, Hopkinton, NH, p. 137 Murdock, Beulah. 1800, Newton, MA, p. 200 Swift, Rosannah. 10 Sept 1817, n.p., p. 228 Willard, Sophronia. c.1785, Still River, MA, p. 87 [error in Bolton says she uses verse. 183]