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