Ancient Folk Song "The Riddle" (I Gave My Love a Cherry)

One of the oldest and most well-known folk songs ever written...dating back as far as 1785 and most likely born in Britain.

Our mother sang this from a tattered old songbook when we were children. Thanks to the internet, I was able to procure a tattered old copy of the same book.

Fitting that I should post this on my birthday :D

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• folk
• world
• music
• kids
• children's
• lullaby
• lullabies
• song
• songs
• favorite
• old
• the
• riddle
• gave
• my
• love
• cherry

[osamalet]

I liked it..Ta very much!

[JudeMaris]

You're welcome! :D

[Mariakirstine]

I have also heard it like this:

I told my love a story that has no end

How can there be a story that has no end?

The story that I love you- it has no end.

[JudeMaris]

Those lyrics came into being centuries later to kind of "update" the song for a more modern audience and to make it more lullaby-like.

[ALICHELLIS]

who is this singing?

Sooo beautiful!!

[JudeMaris]

M.A. Ludwig~a hobby folk singer with no albums as yet :)

Other vocal credits on this channel:"Stillness";Classic Children's Song : "Inch Worm";Tribute to Nature's Beauty: Song "Wild Air";"Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (A Capella)

[virginiatechfanx]

ANIMAL HOUSE MOTHER FUCKERS!!!

[tgartner01]

Thank you for singing this song. Beautiful is all I can say. Beautiful!

[Jeffieboi]

The simpsons brought me here!

[ibigrooster11]

i loved the song but i have to point out a ring has no end cause it's a circle........great song tho.......thanks for uploading....^_^

[guitarslim56]

This folk song is nowhere near "one of the oldest." People have been making music since long before 1785, since at least 1725!

[redbarrage]

I heard this on a cartoon and it was sang even better on there

[superjumpman92]

I guarantee you that there were folk songs at least, say 5000 years before this was written

[roxannadekrakatoa]

My dad was singing this song on the way to our campfire today, and the way he sang it, it was the saddest song ever, and we spent like 2 hours adding on to it. 'I gave my love a forest that has no trees' and basically anything else we could think of.

My favorite was 'I gave my love a Horcrux that has no soul.' xD

[jordanthewizard]

*grabs guitar and smashes it* Sorry.

[MultiJesuslover1]

I love this song, i went camping with my aunts about a month ago at Swift Resivour and we sang this song every night around the campfire and the first morning after we sange it we had everyone around us asking to sing it again that night because it put their kids to sleep and we did a drift wood sculpture contest and we let people walk through and see all the sculptures as we sang this song and they alll were in shock by how amazing some of the sculptures were so it was really cool.