Strange Fruit

[00:21.31] Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
[00:31.25] Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
[00:41.40] Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
[00:51.28] Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
[01:22.96] Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
[01:32.98] The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
[01:43.64] Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
[01:54.88] Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
[02:04.92] Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
[02:12.95] For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
[02:25.26] For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
[02:39.81] Here is a strange and bitter crop.
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