The sour lemon tree

A sour lemon tree flower attracts the bee

While its fruit is bitter not so its flower

White is its flower sweet and very pretty

Only the fruit is bitter and that's just a pity

As the beauty of its flower resist not a bee

It's the simple truth

Or, see the sour lemon tree

With fruit that is bitter bears a lemon tree

But , useful is its fruit good in everyday use

Once said a bee your flower is very sweet

It carries fragrance cented out in the street

Yet bears you fruit bitter no one wants to eat

It's partly the truth

Or, see the sour lemon tree

A citrus tree with fruit no other tree bears

Then out of the tree came a nice neat voice

'Twas like a voice of one who's very wise

This is what it said, trees are not so free

One made a decree for every bearing tree

It's partly the truth

Or, see the sour lemon tree

The Creator decides the fruit a tree bears

Whether it be bitter or whether it be sweet

The Creator decrees for every bearing tree

To bring forth fruit ordained for it to bear

Then sweet or bitter bears a tree its fruit

It's the simple truth

Or, see the sour lemon tree.

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