i gave my love a cherry

i gave my love a cherry which had no stone

i gave my love a chicken which had no bone

i gave my love a story which had no end

i gave my love a baby with no cryin'

how can there be a cherry which has no stone?

how can there be a chicken which has no bone?

how can there be a story which has no end?

how can there be a baby she's no cryin'?

a cherry when it's blooming

it has no stone

a chicken when it's pippin

it has no bone

the story that i love you

it has no end

a baby when she's sleeping

she's no cryin'.