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Writer(s): Dwayne P. Wiggins, Lewis Allan, Maurice Pearl |
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southern trees bear strange fruit |
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blood on the leaves and blood at the root |
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black bodies swinging in the southern breeze |
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strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees |
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pastoral scene of the gallant south |
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the bulging eyes and the twisted mouth |
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scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh |
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then the sudden smell of burning flesh |
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here is fruit for the crows to pluck |
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for the rain to gather, for the wind to suck |
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for the sun to rot, for the trees to drop |
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here is a strange and bitter crop |
