The Annotated "It Must Have Been the Roses"

"Faded is the crimson from the ribbons that she wore..."

The Annotated "It Must Have Been the Roses"

An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd
Library, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (The opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the University of Colorado.) Copyright notice; © 1995,1996, David Dodd

"It Must Have Been the Roses"
Words and music by Robert Hunter
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.

Lyrics omitted. The annotations below are reproduced by permission of David Dodd; the song lyrics themselves are copyrighted and are not reproduced here. Read them at the official source: dead.net/songs.

"It Must Have Been the Roses"

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First performance: February 22, 1974, at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco. "Roses" appeared in the first set, between "Mexicali Blues" and "Black Throated Wind." Other firsts in the show included "U.S. Blues" and "Ship of Fools."

Keywords: @rose, @crimson, @ship
DeadBase code: [ROSE]

First posted: June 25, 1996
Last revised: