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Strange Fruit Lyrics. [Verse 1] 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...
"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. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the
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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.
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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.
by Billie Holiday. Album: The Billie Holiday Story ( 1939) License This Song . 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.
