Lemon Tree-Peter, Paul & Mary

[00:07.020]When I was just a lad of ten [00:09.480]My father said to me [00:13.040]Come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree [00:16.960]Don't put your faith in love my boy [00:20.830]My father said to me [00:23.430]I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree [00:32.570]Lemon tree very pretty [00:34.470]And the lemon flower is sweet [00:36.910]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [00:42.310]Lemon tree very pretty [00:45.400]And the lemon flower is sweet [00:48.610]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [00:55.890]One day beneath the lemon tree my love and I did lie [01:01.749]A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky [01:07.388]We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree [01:12.760]The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me [01:20.459]Lemon tree very pretty [01:24.230]And the lemon flower is sweet [01:27.108]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [01:32.700]Lemon tree very pretty [01:35.769]And the lemon flower is sweet [01:38.599]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [01:47.489]One day she left without a word [01:50.780]She took away the sun [01:52.680]And in the dark she'd left behind [01:55.218]I knew what she had done [01:57.819]She'd left me for another [02:00.200]It's a common tale but true [02:03.450]A sadder man but wiser now [02:07.260]I sing these words to you [02:14.060]Lemon tree very pretty [02:15.838]And the lemon flower is sweet [02:19.119]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [02:24.799]Lemon tree very pretty [02:27.379]And the lemon flower is sweet [02:30.619]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [02:36.970]Lemon tree(lemon tree) [02:39.660]Lemon tree(lemon tree) [02:42.599]Lemon tree(lemon tree) [02:45.369]Lemon tree(lemon tree)