i gave my love a cherry without no stone I gave my love a chicken without no bone I gave my love a story without no end I gave my love a baby that's no cryin How can there be a cherry without no stone how can there be a chicken without no bone how can there be a story without no end how can there be a baby with no cryin A cherry when it's bloomin it hath no stone a chicken when it's a pippin it hath no bone a story when it's wending it hath no end and a baby when it's sleeping, there's no crying