Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday - Strange fruit lyrics

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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees 

Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
And the sudden smell of burning flesh 

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
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Author: Abel Meeropol, Lewis Allan, L.Allan, Billie Holiday, Danny Mendelsohn

Composer: Abel Meeropol, Lewis Allan

Publisher: Demon Music Group Ltd.

Details:

Released in: 2007

Language: English

Translations: French , Dutch

Appearing on: The Centennial Collection (2015) , 20th Century Masters (2002) , The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes (2005) , Great Women of Song (2023)

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