Strange Fruit-Cassandra Wilson

[00:00.34]Strange Fruit - Cassandra Wilson [00:43.10]Southern trees bear strange fruit [00:53.00] [00:55.94]Blood on the leaves and blood at the root [01:06.23] [01:09.05]Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze [01:18.25] [01:21.85]Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees [01:32.53] [01:58.78]Pastoral scene of the gallant south [02:07.04] [02:12.33]The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth [02:21.94] [02:23.24]Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh [02:34.30] [02:36.87]Then the sudden smell of burning flesh [02:47.62] [02:48.64]Here is fruit for the crows to pluck [02:59.12] [03:00.84]For the rain to gather for the wind to suck [03:10.68] [03:12.70]For the sun to rot for the trees to drop [03:24.83] [03:25.97]Here is a strange and bitter cry [03:53.72]