Strange Fruit-Billie Holiday

[01:08.46]Southern trees bear a strange fruit [01:14.77] [01:15.77]Blood on the leaves and blood at the root [01:22.19] [01:23.38]Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze [01:30.62] [01:31.49]Strange fruit hanging from the popular trees [01:36.86] [01:46.59]Pastoral scene of the gallant south [01:53.14] [01:54.83]The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth [02:00.39] [02:02.01]Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh [02:09.56] [02:10.55]Then the sudden smell of burning flesh [02:17.04] [02:18.73]Here is fruit for the crows to pluck [02:25.78]For the rain to gather for the wind to suck [02:33.27]For the sun to rot for the trees to drop [02:44.19] [02:46.99]Here is a strange and bitter crop