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...