Citations:not grow on trees

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English citations of not grow on trees

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  • 1946, Jack Palmer, Jimmy R. Dupre (lyrics and music), “Love Doesn't Grow on Trees”, in Pity The Poor Lobster / Love Doesn't Grow On Trees[1] (Shellac record, 10", 78 RPM), performed by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Columbia, 37077 (CO36658):
    I give you my love
    And love doesn’t grow on trees
    I give you my heart
    So please put my heart at ease
  • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 32:
    ‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’
  • 1967, Willie Clarke, Johnny Pearsall (lyrics and music), “True Love Don’t Grow on Trees”, in Sings Sweet Soul![2], performed by Helene Smith, Miami, USA: Deep City Records, LP 1001:
    But I think you should know
    Before you let love go
    That true love just don't grow
    On trees
  • 1975 September, “Teaching your kids to manage money”, in Changing Times: The Kiplinger Magazine, volume 29, number 9, page 39:
    Today’s money worries certainly should make it easier for parents to teach their children that money doesn’t grow on trees.