Strange Fruit

[ti:Strange Fruit] [ar:Billie Holiday] [al:Billie Holiday: Ken Burns's Jazz] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.37]Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday [00:01.17] [00:04.00]Written by：Abel Meeropol [00:04.10] [01:10.66]Southern trees bear a strange fruit [01:16.65] [01:18.29]Blood on the leaves and blood at the root [01:24.25] [01:25.98]Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze [01:33.05] [01:33.97]Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees [01:39.90] [01:50.10]Pastoral scene of the gallant south [01:56.00] [01:58.26]The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth [02:04.25] [02:06.00]Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh [02:12.94] [02:14.34]Then the sudden smell of burning flesh [02:20.66] [02:22.69]Here is fruit for the crows to pluck [02:28.75] [02:29.60]For the rain to gather for the wind to suck [02:37.08] [02:37.77]For the sun to rot for the trees to drop [02:49.32] [02:51.68]Here is a strange and bitter crop