"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.
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.
[2][3] “I remember meeting Trini Lopez,” Holt told Portland Magazine in 2013.
I heard his version of ‘Lemon Tree,’ and I thought, that's another take of the song.”[4] The song has also been recorded by: