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Composer: Lewis Allan

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit lyrics



Lewis Allen

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 trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then 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 the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Songs list of album: Billie Holiday [MGM] (1959)
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01    Body and Soul lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    Lover, Come Back to Me lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   Solitude lyrics   -
04    All or Nothing at All lyrics Add lyrics   -
05    Love Is Here to Stay lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   Strange Fruit lyrics   -
07   Darn That Dream lyrics   -
08    Just One of Those Things lyrics Add lyrics   -
09    Day In - Day Out lyrics Add lyrics   -
10   The Man I Love lyrics   -
 

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