Lemon Tree lyrics

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

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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 past that summer lost in love

Beneath the lemon tree

The music of her laughter hid

My fathers word from me

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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

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Lemon Tree (Lemon Tree)

Lemon Tree (Lemon Tree)

Lemon Tree (Lemon Tree)

Lemon Tree (Lemon Tree)

• Artist:Peter, Paul and Mary