roses red and roses white plucked out for my love s delight shed have none of all my posies bade me me gather her blue roses half the world i wandered through seeking where such flowers grew half the world unto my quest answered me with laugh and jest roses red and roses white plucked out for my love s delight she d have none of all my posies bade me gather her blue roses home i came at wintertide but my silly love had died seeking with her latest breath roses from the arms of death roses red and roses white plucked out for my love s delight she d have none of all my posies bade me gather her blue roses it may beyond the grave she shall find what she would have mine was but an idle quest roses white and red are best roses red and roses white plucked out for my love s delight she d have none of all my posies bade me gather her blue roses