Strange Fruit
Nina Simone * Track #8 On Pastel Blues
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Strange Fruit by Nina Simone
Performed by
Nina SimoneProduced by
Hal MooneyWrited by
Lewis AllenAbout
“Strange Fruit”, written by teacher Abel Meeropol as a poem and published in 1937, was performed by many artists, such as Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. It’s a dark and profound song about the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States during the Jim Crow Era. In the lyrics, blac...
Strange Fruit Lyrics
Southern trees
Bearing strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
And blood at the roots
Black bodies
Swinging in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin'
From the poplar trees
Pastoral scene
Of the gallant south
Them big, bulging eyes
And the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia
Clean 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 leaves to drop
Here is a
Strange and bitter crop
Strange Fruit Q&A
Who wrote Strange Fruit's ?
Strange Fruit was written by Lewis Allen.
Who produced Strange Fruit's ?
Strange Fruit was produced by Hal Mooney.