Read Out Children’s Songs
“初中英语诵读”附加英语歌曲
036 Lemon Tree柠檬树
版本1
Version 1 by Peter, Paul&Mary
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.
Lemon tree Lemon tree......
歌曲背景：
《Lemon Tree》创作者是Will Holt，创作于上世纪50年代，歌曲的旋律基于巴西民歌Meu limão；歌曲是Peter. Paul And Mary组合演唱，收录在专辑《The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary: Ten Years Together》当中。
版本2
Version 1 by Fool’s Garden愚人花园
I'm sitting here in a boring room. It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon. I'm wasting my time I got nothing to do. I'm hanging around I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens. And I wonder.
I'm driving around in my car. I'm driving too fast I'm driving too far. I'd like to change my point of view. I feel so lonely I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens. And I wonder.
I wonder how. I wonder why. Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky. And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree.
I'm turning my head up and down. I'm turning turning turning turning turning around. And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
Sing：Da Da Da Da Da Di Da Da
Da Da Da Da Di Da Da
Da Di i Da
歌曲背景：
Fool's Garden几乎可以和"Lemon Tree"划等号，从最初组队到由此曲走红，Fool's Garden已在地下摸爬滚打了5年，其貌不扬的他们直到德国电台听众纷纷点播"Lemon Tree"时才为人所知。1996年这首传唱至今的经典歌曲让全世界记住了这个来自德国的年轻乐队。
Which version do you like better? Can you give me your reasons?
你更喜欢听哪个版本？可以用英语写出理由吗？