When [D]I was [A7]just a [D]lad of ten, my father [A7]said to [D]me
Come here and [A7]take a [D]lesson from the [A7]lovely lemon [D]tree
Don't [G]put your [D7]faith in [G]love, my boy," my father [D7]said to [G]me
I fear you'll [D7]find that [G]love is like the lovely [D7]lemon [G]tree

     Lemon [D]tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [A7]sweet
     But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to [D]eat.
     Lemon [D]tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is [A7]sweet
     But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to [D]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

     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


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When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me