Lemon tree ( Will Holt song ) - Wikipedia Lemon tree ( Will Holt song ) For other uses, see Lemon Tree. `` Lemon Tree '' Song by Trini Lopez from the album The Folk Album Genre Folk Songwriter ( s ) Will Holt `` Lemon Tree '' is a folk song written by Will Holt in the late 1950s. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal. The song compares love to a lemon tree : `` Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. '' The song has been recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, Chad & Jeremy, The Kingston Trio, The Seekers, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Sandie Shaw, and Roger Whittaker. In 1965, Trini Lopez recorded the most successful version of the song which hit number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard Middle Road Singles chart. A reference is made about the song in the Seinfeld episode ' The Phone Message ' ( Season 2, Episode 4, 17 : 38 ). References Jump up ^ Meu limão, meu limoeiro - MPB CIFRANTIGA Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 149. Jump up ^ `` Middle - Road Singles '', Billboard, February 20, 1965. p. 46 See also List of Peter Paul & Mary songs List of The Seekers songs Will Holt `` Lemon Tree, very pretty, and the story behind it 's sweet. '', article by Portland Magazine Peter, Paul and Mary Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers Studio albums Peter, Paul and Mary Moving In the Wind A Song Will Rise See What Tomorrow Brings The Peter, Paul and Mary Album Album 1700 Late Again Peter, Paul and Mommy No Easy Walk to Freedom In These Times Compilation albums The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary : Ten Years Together Songs of Conscience and Concern Live albums In Concert Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too Singles `` Lemon Tree '' `` If I Had a Hammer '' `` Puff, the Magic Dragon '' `` 500 Miles '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` Do n't Think Twice, It 's All Right '' `` Stewball '' `` Tell It on the Mountain '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` When the Ship Comes In '' `` San Francisco Bay Blues '' `` Early Morning Rain '' `` I Dig Rock and Roll Music '' `` Too Much of Nothing '' `` Day Is Done '' `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' Other songs `` Where Have All the Flowers Gone ? '' `` And When I Die '' `` El Salvador '' `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' `` This Land Is Your Land '' `` Light One Candle '' Trini Lopez Studio albums Welcome to Trini Country ( 1968 ) Live albums Trini Lopez at PJ 's ( 1963 ) Singles `` If I Had a Hammer '' `` Kansas City '' `` Lemon Tree '' This folk song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lemon_Tree_(Will_Holt_song)&oldid=832925709 '' Categories : English - language Brazilian songs Peter, Paul and Mary songs Chad & Jeremy songs Trini Lopez songs The Kingston Trio songs Lemons 1965 singles Folk song stubs Talk About Wikipedia Español Nederlands 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 28 March 2018, at 18 : 30. About Wikipedia

Question: peter paul and mary lemon tree other recordings of this song
Answer: Chad & Jeremy