Strange Fruit-Josh White Jr.

[ti:Strange Fruit] [ar:Josh White Jr.] [al:House of the Rising Son] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.10]Strange Fruit - Josh White Jr. [00:02.81] [00:17.42]Southern trees bear a strange fruit, [00:31.37] [00:33.06]Blood on the leaves [00:36.07] [00:37.87]And blood at the root, [00:46.46] [00:47.50]Black bodies swinging [00:49.35] [00:50.38]In the southern breeze, [01:00.12] [01:01.77]Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. [01:12.67] [01:14.20]Wow wow wow... [01:35.68] [01:37.64]Pastoral scene of the gallant south, [01:51.62] [01:54.17]The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, [02:01.98] [02:03.33]Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, [02:15.80]Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. [02:27.02] [02:29.69]Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, [02:40.72] [02:41.47]For the rain to gather, [02:44.05]For the wind to suck, [02:49.56] [02:50.22]For the sun to rot, [02:54.49] [02:55.15]For the trees to drop, [03:05.42] [03:06.04]Wow [03:13.45] [03:15.41]Here is a strange and bitter crop. [03:35.83] [03:36.72]Wow here is a strange and bitter crop.