I gave my love a cherry

X:5930
T:I gave my love a cherry
C:anon.
O:England
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
M:C
L:1/8
K:F
C|"F"CCCC "Bb"DF2G|"Bb"F2D2 "F"C3F|"C"GGGG "F"Ac2c|"F"c2(cA) "C"G3F|
w:I gave my love a cher-ry that had no stone, I gave my love a chick-en that had no_ bone, I
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w:gave my love a ring_ that had no end, I gave my love a ba-by with no cry-en.
W:
W:I gave my love a cherry that had no stone,
W:I gave my love a chicken that had no bone,
W:I gave my love a ring that had no end,
W:I gave my love a baby with no cryen.
W:
W:How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
W:How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
W:How can there be a ring that has no end?
W:How can there be a baby with no cryen?
W:
W:A cherry, when it's blooming, it has no stone,
W:A chicken when it's pipping, it has no bone,
W:A ring when it's rolling, it has no end,
W:A baby when it's sleeping, has no cryen.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/OTIS_Irish_Session/melnets_big_abc_file/05930
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england/2762
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/i_/I_gave_my_love_a_cherry_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/05930
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/05930

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