Cherry Ripe (song)

Cherry Ripe is an English song with words by poet Robert Herrick (1591–1674) and music by Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849).

[1]An earlier poem[2] by Thomas Campion (1567–1620) used the same title Cherry Ripe, and has other similarities.

The song's title has been used in other contexts on a number of occasions since and its tune has also been appropriated for other uses.

The song was popular in the 19th century and at the time of World War I.

During the late 1800s, an alternative version of the song briefly appeared.