A song released in 1962 in their first album "Peter, Paul and Mary". <br />Chanson sortie en 1962 dans leur premier album "Peter, Paul and Mary). <br /> <br />LEMON TREE (Lyrics) <br /> <br />When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me, <br />“Come here and take a lesson from the lovely Lemon Tree”. <br />“Don’t put your faith in love my boy”, my father said to me, <br />“I fear you’ll find that love is like the lovely Lemon Tree” ! <br /> <br />Lemon Tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, <br />But the fruit of the poor lemon, is impossible to eat ! <br />Lemon Tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, <br />But the fruit of the poor lemon, is impossible to eat ! <br /> <br />One day beneath the Lemon Tree, my love and I did lie, <br />A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky ! <br />We passed that summer lost in love, beneath the Lemon Tree, <br />The music of her laughter hid my father’s words from me ! <br /> <br />Lemon Tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, <br />But the fruit of the poor lemon, is impossible to eat ! <br />Lemon Tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, <br />But the fruit of the poor lemon, is impossible to eat ! <br /> <br />One day she left without a word, she took away the sun, <br />And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done ! <br />She had left me for another, it’s a common tale but true, <br />A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you ! <br /> <br />Lemon Tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, <br />But the fruit of the poor lemon, is impossible to eat ! <br />Lemon Tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, <br />But the fruit of the poor lemon, is impossible to eat ! Lemon Tree, Lemon Tree, Lemon Tree, Lemon Tree….
