I gave my love a cherry which had no stone I gave my love a chicken which had no bone I gave my love a story which had no end I gave my love a baby with no cryin' How can there be a cherry which has no stone? How can there be a chicken which has no bone? How can there be a story which has no end? How can there be a baby she's no cryin'? A cherry when it's blooming, it has no stone A chicken when it's pippin, it has no bone The story that I love you, it has no end A baby when she's sleeping, she's no cryin'.