Lemon Tree


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


Writer/s: Will Holt

Lemon Tree de Peter Paul and Mary

This song appears in 32 albums


Peter, Paul and Mary (Bonus Track Version)
2019

Six of the Best - Folk - EP
2018

A Golden Hour of Peter, Paul and Mary
2018

Deep Water
2017

Folk Routes - The First Two Albums
2014

Early In the Morning
2014

This Train
2014

Peter, Paul and Mary
2014

Peter, Paul and Mary (Bonus Track Version)
2013

This Train
2013

If I Had a Hammer - The Legend Begins
2013

Peter, Paul and Mary (Remastered)
2013

Peter, Paul and Mary, 1962
2013

Peter, Paul & Mary
2013

Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Remastered)
2013

Peter, Paul & Mary / Moving / In the Wind
2013

Folk Masters
2013

500 Miles
2013

Introducing...Peter, Paul & Mary
2013

Early in the Morning
2013

Peter, Paul And Mary - If I Had a Hammer
2013

American Folk Heroes - Peter, Paul And Mary
2013

If I Had a Hammer
2013

Early in the Morning - EP
2013

Where Have All the Flowers Gone
2013

Peter, Paul and Mary
2013

Peter, Paul & Mary
2012

Live In Japan, 1967
2012

Folk Masters: Puff, the Magic Dragon
2005

The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary
2005

The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary - Ten Years Together
1970

Peter, Paul and Mary
1967
See all discs