Floral Friday

Another of my favourite roses is the Mary Rose.  It also grows at the side of the steps up to my house and has a delicious fragrance.  The cultivation notes described it thus...
The delicious fragrance is of Old Rose character, with a hint of honey and almond blossom.
It was named after Henry VIII’s flagship when it was recovered from the Solent after more than four hundred years.  I watched a very interesting documentary about the raising and restoration of the Mary Rose around the time I purchased my rose and this story just added to my delight in this purchase.

I know my flower this week is a pink rose but I do love this song by Robert Burns.  It was sung to me when I was a small child, possibly because melodie is in the second line.
"My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" is a 1794  song in Scots  by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose or Red, Red Rose and is often published as a poem.

O my Luve's like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my Luve's like the melodie

That’s sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in luve am I:

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

Till a’ the seas gang dry:

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:

I will luve thee still, my dear,

While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only Luve

And fare thee weel, a while!

And I will come again, my Luve,

Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.

 
Thanks again to Bronwyn at Korrumburra Quilting for Floral Friday.  Click HERE to visit her blog