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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…
Dec 22, 2011 · lyrics Strange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar...
Jul 13, 2016 · Billie Holiday - Strange fruit (lyric video) Subscribe http://bit.ly/2mictQ3
songfacts ®. 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 magnolia, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is a fruit ...
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck. For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop. Here is a strange and bitter crop. Song Notes. “Strange Fruit” is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, who first sang and recorded it in 1939.
Sep 17, 2008 · Lyrics (Abel Meeropol): Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar...
Billie Holiday. 20 Comments. 3 Tags. 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 magnolia, sweet and fresh.
