I Gave My Love An Apple- Price (NC) 1930s
[My date, I assume it's from "Great Depression" era. From "North Carolina During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a Decade;" these are the lines as sung by the grandfather of author, Anita Price Davis; his name is P. R. Price. This is one of the few versions found in the US with "apple" instead of "cherry." See also versions from Nova Scotia with "apple."
R. Matteson 2014]
I Gave My Love An Apple- P.R. Price- North Carolina c1930s
I gave my love an apple without a core
I gave my love a house, without a door
I gave my love a story without an end
I gave my love a baby, with no crying.
How can there be an apple without a core
How can there be a house without a door
How can there be
How can there be
An apple in the blossom it has no core
An apple [A house] when it's uncut, it has no door,[1]
My love is a story that has no end
A baby when it's sleeping has no crying.
1. Clearly this should be 'A House when it's uncut' but uncut really means unbuilt, as in a house that's just started being built, has no door.