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 baby with no crying’;
I told my love a story that had no end.

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 baby with no crying’?
How can there be a story that has no end?

A cherry when it’s bloomin’, it has no stone;
A chicken when it’s pippin’, it has no bone;
A baby when it’s sleepin’ has no cryin’;
And when I say I love you, it has no end!