My Love Gave Me A Cherry (Scotland) c. 1650

My Love Gave Me A Cherry (Scotland) c. 1650

[My Love Gave Me A Cherry appears in Bertrand Harris Bronson, The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, 4 vols (Princeton, 1959-72). I, (1959), 376. Bronson mentions a similar tune dating c. 1650 but does not date the text at c. 1650. A recording dates the text as Scotland, c 1650.]

My Love Gave Me A Cherry Scotland; c. 1650 Edinburgh University MS DC. I. 69, No. 2

My Love gave me a Cherry a Cherry without a stone
My Love gave me a Chicken a Chicken without a bone
My Love gave me a Ringe a Ringe without a rim
My Love gave me a Child Wench a Child without mourninge.