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
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Beneath the lemon tree one day
My love and I did a lie
A girl so sweet that when she smiled
The sun 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'd 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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