Strangely, this song borrows lyrical elements from both the folk song the track is named after – and a folk song called ‘The Storms are on the Ocean’. The eponymous song is known to have been collected by famous Scottish poet Robert Burns, and set to various tunes thereafter. Both of these songs are...
My love is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June
My love is like a melody
That's sweetly played in tune
My love is fair to see
Both true and fair is she
And though I roam ten thousand miles
My love she always will be
Oh, who will shoe your pretty little foot?
And who will glove your hand?
And who will kiss your rosy lips
When I am in that far off land?
My feet will go on sad
And my hand will not be glad
And, if oh you roam ten thousand miles
You always will be my love
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose was written by Traditional.