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Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" Live 1959 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]
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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Stimme und Gesang
Sonny White
Sonny White
Klavier
Tab Smith
Tab Smith
Altsaxofon
Frankie Newton
Frankie Newton
Trompete
John Williams
John Williams
Kontrabass
Eddie Dougherty
Eddie Dougherty
Schlagzeug
Stanley Payne
Stanley Payne
Tenorsaxofon
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Lewis Allen
Lewis Allen
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Milt Gabler
Milt Gabler
Produzent:in

Lyrics

Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Written by: Lewis Allan

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