When I was just a lad of
Ten my father said to me
Come here and take a lesson from
The lovely lemon tree
Don't put your faith in love
My boy my father said to me
I fear you'll find that love is
Like the lovely lemon tree
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
One day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie
A girl so sweet that when she
Smiled the stars rose in the sky
We passed that summer lost
In love beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter
Hid my father's words from me
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
One day she left without a word she took away the sun
And in the dark she left behind
I knew what she had done
She left me for another it's a common tale but true
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree
Lemon tree
Lemon tree
Lemon tree