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    The poem describes the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States. It depicts black bodies hanging from trees, with blood on the leaves and roots, as strange fruit for crows to feed on. The pastoral scenes of the South are contrasted with the twisted mouths and burning flesh of lynching victims.

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    The poem describes the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States. It depicts black bodies hanging from trees, with blood on the leaves and roots, as strange fruit for crows to feed on. The pastoral scenes of the South are contrasted with the twisted mouths and burning flesh of lynching victims.

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    The poem describes the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States. It depicts black bodies hanging from trees, with blood on the leaves and roots, as strange fruit for crows to feed on. The pastoral scenes of the South are contrasted with the twisted mouths and burning flesh of lynching victims.

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    The poem describes the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States. It depicts black bodies hanging from trees, with blood on the leaves and roots, as strange fruit for crows to feed on. The pastoral scenes of the South are contrasted with the twisted mouths and burning flesh of lynching victims.

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    STRANGE FRUIT

    BILLIE HOLIDAY

    SOUTHERN TREES, BEAR 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

    SOLO

    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 STRANGE AND BITTER CROP

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