I gave my love a cherry without a stone
I gave my love a chicken without a bone
Told my love a story without an end
And I gave my love a baby with no cryin'

How can there be a cherry without a stone?
How can there be a chicken without a bone?
[?] a story without an end?
And how can there be a baby with no cryin'?

A cherry when it's growing, it has no stone
A chicken when it's hatching, it has no bone
Story of my love to you, it has no end
And baby when it's sleeping, has no cryin'