When I was just a lad of ten 

My father said to me;

Come here and learn 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.


Beneath the lemon tree, one day

My love and I did lie,

A girl so sweet that when she smiled 

The sun rose in the sky.


We passed the summer 

Lost in love beneath the lemon tree,

The music of her laughter 

Hid my fathers 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.


Lemon tree... lemon tree.. 

Lemon tree... lemon tree

Lemon tree... lemon tree.. 

Lemon tree... lemon tree

Lemon tree...