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| Mar 31st, 2003 06:35 PM | |
| Jeanette X |
A very serious post This website is about the lynchings of African-Americans. Make sure that you watch the movie. http://www.journale.com/withoutsanctuary/main.html STRANGE FRUIT Lyrics by: Lewis Anderson Originally sung by: Billie Holiday Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves Blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning 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 |
