Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
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Allan, Lewis. "Strange Fruit." Performed by Billie Holiday. Commodore Records, 1939.
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