Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday * Track #7 On Billie Holiday
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Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
Performed by
Billie HolidayProduced by
Milt GablerWrited by
Abel MeeropolAbout
Originally written in 1937 by Abel Meeropol, “Strange Fruit” is a dark and profound song centered around the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States during the Jim Crow Era.
The ominous lyric portrays Black victims as fruits that hang from a tree before rotting and decomposing;...
Strange Fruit Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
Strange Fruit Q&A
Who wrote Strange Fruit's ?
Strange Fruit was written by Abel Meeropol.
Who produced Strange Fruit's ?
Strange Fruit was produced by Milt Gabler.