6  6   6   6   6 -6 7   -8  7  -6   6
I gave my love a cherry without a stone.

7  -8  -8  -8 -8  8   9  -10 9   8  -8
I gave my love a chicken without a bone.

8  -8  -8  -8  7 89  -10    9  8  -8
I gave my love a ring that has no end.

8  -8  7  -6   6 -67   -8  7  -6 6
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?
How can there be a ring that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no cryin'?

A cherry when it's blooming, it has no stone.
A chicken when it's pippin' it has no bone.
A ring when it's a-rollin' it has no end.
A baby when it's sleepin there's no cryin'.