sábado, 27 de julho de 2019

937 – Peter, Paul and Mary – Lemon tree (1962)

Escrita por Will Holt no final dos anos 50, foi baseada na música Meu limão meu limoeiro, arranjada por José Carlos Burle em 1937 e lançada ao sucesso por Wilson Simonal. A canção compara o amor à um limoeiro.

Além da versão de Peter, Paul and Mary escolhida pela nossa coleção, foi ainda regravada por Chad and Jeremy, The Kingston Trio, The Seekers, Bob Marley, Herb Alpert, Trini Lopes, entre outros.

A letra:

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"
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor 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 passed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
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
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

A versão de Peter, Paul and Mary:


A versão de Chad and Jeremy:


A versão dos Seekers:

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