I gave my love a cherry

That had no stone

I gave my love a chicken

That had no bone

I gave my love a reading

That had no end

I gave my love a baby

With no cryin'

How can there be a cherry

That has no stone

How can there be a chicken

That has no bone

How can there be a reading

That has no end

How can there be a baby

With no cryin'

Well a cherry when it's blooming

It has no stone

A chicken when it's pippin'

It has no bone

The reading of rolling

It has no end

A baby when it's sleeping

Has no crying