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

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

All of that long summer

My love and I did lie

A girl so sweet that when she smiled

The stars rose in the sky

All of that long summer

Beneath the lemon tree

Oh, the music of her laughter

Hid my fathers word 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 my 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

• Artist:Roger Whittaker