The Riddle Song- Pace (KY) 1917 Sharp B
[From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians; Sharp/Karpeles 1932. Version B
R. Matteson 2012, 2014]
The Riddle Song- Eliza Pace (Hyden, KY) 1917 Sharp B
I brought my love a cherry without any stone,
I brought my love a chicken without any bones,
I brought my love a thimble without any rim,
I brought my love a baby and 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 thimble without any rim?
How can there be a baby and no cryin'?
When the cherry's in the blossom, it's without any stone,
When the chicken in the egg, it's without any bones,
When the thimble's a-running, it's without any rim,
When the baby's asleep, there's no cryin'.