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Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. [Verse 2] Pastoral scene of the gallant south. The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth. Scent of magnolias ...
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Billie Holiday Lyrics. "Strange Fruit". Southern trees bear a strange fruit. Blood on the leaves and blood at the root. Black bodies 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 magnolias sweet and fresh.
Strange Fruit Lyrics by Billie Holiday from the The Billie Holiday Songbook album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern bre…
Strange Fruit. " Strange Fruit " is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937.
A song about the horrors of lynching in the American South, written by Abel Meeropol and Lewis Allan (a pseudonym) and performed by Billie Holiday. Read the lyrics, the song's history, and the comments from fans and critics.
Read the lyrics of Billie Holiday's signature song Strange Fruit, a protest against American racism and lynching. Learn how she discovered and recorded the song, and how it became a classic and influential work.
