The song Lemon Tree is performed by Peter Paul & Mary in the album named Carry It On in the year 2004 .
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 faith in love, my boy," my father said to me,
"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."
Chorus:
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to eat.
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the lemon is impossible to 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 pa*sed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree,
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me.
Chorus
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.
Chorus
Peter Paul & Mary - Carry It On
- Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime - Peter Yarrow
- Early In The Morning
- 500 Miles
- Lemon Tree
- If I Had A Hammer
- It's Raining
- If I Had My Way
- Autumn To May
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone
- Puff, The Magic Dragon
- This Land Is Your Land
- Gone The Rainbow
- Flora
- Old Coat
- A'Soalin'
- Blowin' In The Wind
- Polly Von
- Stewball
- All My Trial
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- Freight Train
- Paultalk (Live)
- Goodbye Baby - Noel Stookey & The Corsairs
- The Times They Are A Changin' (Live)
- Three Ravens (Live)
- Blue (Live)
- Oh, Rock My Soul (Live)
- When The Ship Comes In (Live)
- Come And Go With Me (Live)
- For Lovin'Me
- Jimmy Whalen
- Gilgarra Mountain
- Wasn't That A Time
- Monday Morning
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Early Mornin' Rain
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Cruel War (2nd Single Version)
- Il Faut Qu'il Vienne Le Temps (If I Were Free)
- And When I Die
- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- For Baby (For Bobbie)
- Hurry Sundown (Single Version)
- Mon Vrai Destin
- Well, Well, Well
- Single Girl - Mary Travers
- The Other Side Of This Life (Live)
- Sometime Lovin' (Live)
- The Good Times We Had (Live)
- Leaving On A Jet Plane
- No Other Name
- The House Song
- The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Life)
- I Dig Rock & Roll Music
- The Song Is Love
- Too Much On Nothing
- Moments Of Sort Persuasion
- Hymn
- Day Is Done (Live/Single Version)
- The Marvelous Toy
- Leatherwing Bat
- I Have A Song To Sing, O!
- Going To The Zoo
- Because All Men Are Brothers - with Dave Brubeck
- Follow Me - Mary Tarvers
- Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Noel Paul Stookey
- Coscientious Objector (I Shall Die) - Mary Travers
- Weave Me The Sunshine - Peter Yarrow
- By Surprise
- Canaan Land
- Such Is Love (Live)
- There But For Fortune (Live)
- Wild Places (For Caloola) (Live)
- Right Field
- No Easy Walk To Freedom
- Greenland Whale Fisheries
- El Salvador
- Greenwood
- Children Go Where I Send Thee (Live)
- Light One Candle (Live)
- All Mixed Up
- It Ain't Me Babe
- Pastures Of Plenty (Live)
- The Fox (Live)
- Garden Song (Live)
- the Kid
- Mi Caballo (Live)
- It's Magic
- Don't Laugh At Me
- If I Had A Hammer (Civil Rights March On Washington, 1963)
- Jane, Jane (The Andy Williams Show, 1966)
- If I Had My Way (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 1969)
- Leaving On A Jet Plane - with John Denver (Something To Sing About, 1969)
- The Great Mandella (The Wheel Of Live) (The Song Is Love, 1970)
- No Easy Walk To Freedom (Promotional Video, 1986)
- Babylon/On Sinner Man (LifeLines Sessions, 1994)
- Have You Been To Jail For Justice? (Rehearsal Reference, 2003)
- Interviews (1996)