A Lemon In The Garden Of Love 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 April 2011
2011

To my fond imagination
ev'ry woman in creation
was a peach in the Garden of Love,
In its pleasant shade I wandered
o'er my choice I slowly pondered
as I gazed at the branches above,
Filled with fatal indecision
I was dazzled by the vision
all the peaches were so temptingly divine,
And my eye sight was affected
for since then I have suspected
that I couldn't see when I picked mine.

Will someone kindly tell me
will someone answer why?
To me it is a riddle
and it will be till I die.
A million peaches round me,
yet I would like to know
why I picked a lemon
in the garden of love
where they say only peaches grow.

Will someone kindly tell me
will someone answer why?
To me it is a riddle
and it will be till I die.
A million peaches round me,
yet I would like to know
why I picked a lemon
in the garden of love
where they say only peaches grow.

Though no man perfection reaches
in the art of picking peaches,
had I started to practice when young,
Now I'd not be always meeting
Lemon flavours while I'm eating
and this song might have never been sung;
nor would I be sitting daily
trying hard to chatter gaily
with a better half of forty lemon power,
One I cannot care a bit for,
for the only thing she's fit for,
is to make another lemon sour.

Will someone kindly tell me
will someone answer why?
To me it is a riddle
and it will be till I die.
A million peaches round me,
yet I would like to know
why I picked a lemon
in the garden of love
where they say only peaches grow.

Will someone kindly tell me
will someone answer why?
To me it is a riddle
and it will be till I die.
A million peaches round me,
yet I would like to know
why I picked a lemon
in the garden of love
where they say only peaches grow.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Lemon In The Garden Of Love 1906
Music by Richard Carle
Lyrics by M.E.Rourke
© MCMVI by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 19 April 2011 at 21.53
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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