Bring Me A Cherry- (VA) 1936 Scarborough
[My title; from Scarborough; Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains; 1937. Collected 1936 or earlier from a youth in Buchanan County, Virginia. Listed as a version of Child 46.
R. Matteson 2014]
Bring Me A Cherry
Bring me a cherry without a stone,
Bring me a chicken without a bone
Bring me a ring without any end,
Bring me a baby with no crying.
Where can there be a cherry without a stone?
Where can there be a chicken without a bone?
Where can there be a ring without any end?
Where can there be a baby with no crying?
A cherry in blossom has no stone,
A chicken that's pipping has no bone,
A ring has neither beginning nor end,
A baby asleep has no crying.