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I Gave My Love A Cherry (Riddle Song)

(Traditional)

I gave my love a cherry
That had no stone
I gave my love a chicken
That had no bone
I told my love a story
That had no end
I gave my love a baby
With no cryin'.

How can you have a cherry
That has no stone?
How can you have a chicken
That has no bone?
How can there be a story
That has no end?
How can there be a baby
With no cryin'?

A cherry when it's bloomin'
It has no stone
A chicken when in it's peepin'
It has no bone
The story of my love
It has no end
A baby when it's sleepin'
There's no cryin'.
Сверил с фонограммой

15th century http://ingeb.org/songs/igavemyl.html
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 ring, 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 ring, that has no end
How can there be a baby, with no cryin'

A cherry when it's bloomin', it has no stone
A chicken when it's hatchin', it has no bone
A ring when it's rollin', it has no end
A baby when it's sleepin, there's no cryin'

===========Nana Mouskouri (a theme)
I gave my love a cherry without any core
I gave my love a dwellin' without any door
I gave my love a palace wherein he might be
That he may lock it without any key

How can there be a cherry without any core?
How can there be a dwellin' without any door?
How can there be a palace wherein he might be
That he may lock it without any key?

My head is a cherry without any core
My mind is a dwellin' without any door
My heart is a palace wherein he might be
That he may lock it without any key

=============Allan Sherman (a parody)
I gave my love a cherry, it had no stone
I gave my love a chicken, it had no bone
I gave my love a baby, and then you see
My love got very angry and she said to me

I didn't mind the cherry without the stone
I didn't mind the chicken without the bone
But when you give a baby, there's just one thing
You ought to give at least an engagement ring