LYRIC
Here you will find the lyrics of the popular song – ” Strange Fruit” from the Movie / Album – ” At Jazz At The Philharmonic”. The song / soundtrack has been composed by the famous lyricist “Lewis Allen” and was released on “1954” in the beautiful voice of “Billie Holiday “. The music video of the song features some amazing and talented actor / actress “Billie Holiday “. It was released under the music label of “Commodore”.
“Strange Fruit” is a song written and composed by Lewis Allan and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Abel Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees. Such lynchings had reached a peak in the Southern United States at the turn of the 20th century, and the great majority of victims were black. The song has been called “a declaration” and “the beginning of the civil rights movement”
Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit Lyrics
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
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Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
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Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
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Song Credits & Copyright Details:
Title: 500 Miles
Film / Album: At Jazz At The Philharmonic
Lyricist: Lewis Allen
Singer(s): Billie Holiday
Released Date:1954
Cast: Billie Holiday
Label: Commodore
Producer: Milt Gabler
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