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Artist: Joan Baez
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The Riddle Song (Very Early Joan)
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The Riddle Song (Very Early Joan)
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I gave my love a cherry that has no stone,
I gave my love a chicken that has no bone,
I gave my love a ring that has no end,
I gave my love a baby with no cryen.
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 ring that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no cryen?
A cherry, when it's blooming, it has no stone,
A chicken when it's pipping, it has no bone,
A ring when it's rolling, it has no end,
A baby when it's sleeping, has no cryen.
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Joan Baez performs "The Riddle Song (Very Early Joan)", and this lyric page sits inside the Joan Baez catalog on LyroVerse.
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