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'd left behind
I knew what she had done.
She'd 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.

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From their album: 'The Very Best of Peter, Paul & Mary'
Songwriter: Will Holt-1961;

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