Strange Fruit

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Billie Holiday

Lyrics 

Southern trees bear a strange fruit
 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
 Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
 Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees
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 Pastoral scene of the gallant South
 The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
 Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
 Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh
 Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
 For the rain to gather
 For the wind to suck
 For the sun to rot
 For the tree to drop
 Here is a strange and bitter crop

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Song Details

Duration
03:12
Key
6
Tempo
101 BPM

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