Billie Holliday - Strange Fruit

[00:12.63] Southern trees bear a strange fruit [00:30.93] Blood on the leaves and blood at the root [00:40.34] Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze [00:51.41] Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees [01:01.41] Pastoral scene of the gallant south [01:26.01] The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth [01:37.32] Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh [01:47.53] Then the sudden smell of burning flesh [01:57.40] Here is fruit for the crows to pluck [02:08.28] For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck [02:20.07] For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop [02:38.75] Here is a strange and bitter crop [03:00.71]