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