Lemon Tree Lyrics by Bobby Bare
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(Will Holt)

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 fate 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's sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's 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 smiles the star grows in the sky
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hit my father's words for me.

Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat...
(Will Holt)      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 fate 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's sweet   But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat   Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's 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 smiles the star grows in the sky   We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree   The music of her laughter hit my father's words for me.      Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet   But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat   Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet   But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.      Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet   But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat   Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower's sweet   But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat...