The song answers itself in the next verse: a cherry when it’s blooming has no stone, a chicken when it’s pipping has no bone, a ring when it’s rolling has no end, and a baby when it’s sleeping has no crying. Pipping is a chick pecking its way out of the egg.
I gave my love a cherry with no stone, a chicken with no bone, a ring with no end and a baby with no crying. How can a cherry have no stone, a chicken no bone, a ring no end and a baby no crying?
Give me a hintThe hint
Catch each one before it’s finished, or while it’s moving.
Reveal the answerHide the answer
In blossom, in the egg, rolling and asleep
Source: The Riddle Song, Roud 330, English folk song from a 15th-century original