I gave my love a cherry lyrics?
aram schiffman
Does anyone know the lyrics to the song, "I Gave My Love A Cherry"?
We know the questions, we think, and we want the answers.
Thanks. - Wendy & friend
Howard Camber
> Does anyone know the lyrics to the song, "I Gave My Love A Cherry"?
>
> We know the questions, we think, and we want the answers.
THE RIDDLE SONG
I gave my love a cherry that has no stone,
I gave my love a chicken that has no bone,
I gave my love a ring that has 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 blooming, it has no stone,
A chicken when it's pipping, it has no bone,
A ring when it's rolling, it has no end,
A baby when it's sleeping, has no cryin.
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On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 00:46:24 +0000, aram schiffman <ar...@sirius.com>
wrote:
>Does anyone know the lyrics to the song, "I Gave My Love A Cherry"?
>
>We know the questions, we think, and we want the answers.
Ma pleesure:
A cherry, in a Manhattan, it has no stone,
A chicken a la king, it has no bone,
A modern novel, it has no end, [how can there be a story]
A baby when it's strangled, has no cryin'.
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In article <32C710...@sirius.com> aram schiffman <ar...@sirius.com> writes:
>Does anyone know the lyrics to the song, "I Gave My Love A Cherry"?
>
>We know the questions, we think, and we want the answers.
>
A cherry when its blooming, it has no stone
A chicken when its pippin (or pickin' or huh??) it has no bone (when its an
egg, that is)
A ring when it is rolling (or round, or huh?? I blew the question here)
it has no end
A baby when its sleeping has no cryin'
OK, what are the questions *&* answers to the Jewish
"I gave my love a cherry" which I just learned, "Tumbalalika"?
I have them on tape *somewhere*.
Different tune, of course, same idea.
The catch here is that the man says "if you can't answer these you'll
have to marry me" but the woman *can* answer them.
"What burns but is not consumed?"
"A heart"
that sort of thing.
Steven Sellors
aram schiffman wrote:
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> Does anyone know the lyrics to the song, "I Gave My Love A Cherry"?
>
> We know the questions, we think, and we want the answers.
>
> Thanks. - Wendy & friend
Never under-estimate the power of Digital Tradition:
http://www.deltablues.com/dbsearch.html
THE RIDDLE SONG
I gave my love a cherry that has no stone,
I gave my love a chicken that has no bone,
I gave my love a ring that has no end,
I gave my love a baby with no cryen.
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 cryen?
A cherry, when it's blooming, it has no stone,
A chicken when it's pipping, it has no bone,
A ring when it's rolling, it has no end,
A baby when it's sleeping, has no cryen.
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Traditional
This version is from the Kentucky mountains. An earlier version
was discovered in a 15th century manuscript.
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james taulbee
On 30 Dec 1996, Howard Camber wrote:
> In article <32C710...@sirius.com>, aram schiffman <ar...@sirius.com> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know the lyrics to the song, "I Gave My Love A Cherry"?
>
> THE RIDDLE SONG
>
> I gave my love a cherry that hae na stone,
> I gave my love a chicken that hae na bone,
> I gave my love a ring that hae na end,
> I gave my love a baby that's na cry-a-in.
>
> How can there be a cherry that hae na stone?
> How can there be a chicken that hae na bone?
> How can there be a ring that has na end?
> How can there be a baby that's a na cryin?
>
> A cherry, when it's a'bloomin, it hae na stone,
> A chicken when it's a'pippin, it hae na bone,
> A ring when it's a'rollin, it hae na end,
> A baby when it's a'sleepin, is a' na cryin.
>
Alternative verse and question:
I gave my love a story that hae na end (rather than a ring)
A story that I love you, it hae na end
Verse is from my grandmother who learned it from her mother (circa 1900,
eastern KY). She told me that riddle songs (and riddles)had two
purposes--one: to pass the time (before radio, let alone TV); and two, to
test the "wit" of one's intended (perhaps a good use of time?).
JLT
Howard Kaplan
aram schiffman wrote:
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> Does anyone know the lyrics to the song, "I Gave My Love A Cherry"?
>
>
> Thanks. - Wendy & friend
Alan Sherman's version went more or less like this:
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, and one, two, three,
My love got very angry and she said to me,
"I didn't mind the cherry without a stone.
I didn't mind the chicken without a bone.
But when you give a baby, there's just one thing.
You ought to give at least an engagement ring."
Howard Kaplan
Songwriter and occasional performer
Toronto, Ontario
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Along with over 6000 other lyrics, it's in the Digital Tradition. Don't
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There was also a parody popular when I was a kid (long ago) that included
the answers:
A cherry in a Martini - it has no stone
Chicken ala king - it has bo bone
A story from the Bible - it never ends
A baby that's been strangled - there's no cryin'
Happy holidays!
Matt Baum