[00:24.10]Southern trees bear strange fruit
[00:33.42]Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
[00:54.71]Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
[01:06.54]Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
[01:21.29]Pastoral scene of the gallant south
[01:33.25]The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
[01:47.21]Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
[02:08.97]Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[02:14.88]Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
[02:28.40]For the rain to gather for the wind to suck
[02:57.65]For the sun to rot for the trees to drop
[03:10.43]Here is a strange and bitter crop