<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Will Holt </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 ." </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> A reference is made about the song in the Seinfeld episode' The Phone Message' (Season 2, Episode 4, 17: 38). </P>

Peter paul and mary lemon tree other recordings of this song