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Strange Fruit

from Nameless by Dominique Fils-Aimé

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This song was originally published as a poem in 1937 by Abel Meeropol and was first sang and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. This song addresses the horrifying lynchings and murders of African Americans in the United States at the time, mainly in the south.

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Southern trees
Bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
Blood at the root
Black bodies swinging
In the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging
From the poplar tree

Pastoral scene of the
Gallant south
The bulging eyes and
The twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia
So 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
For the sun to rot
For the trees to drop

Drop

Ahhhhh the trees to drop
Strange and bitter crop
Still strange and bitter

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from Nameless, released February 2, 2018
Original songwriter: Abel Meeropol (published as poem in 1937).

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Dominique Fils-Aimé Montreal, Québec

Dominique Fils-Aimé [FEES-em-AY] is a JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter from Montreal. Her ambitious album trilogy conceptualizes the history of African American music. Dominique reflects on the social realities that influenced the genres of blues, jazz and soul and channels that spirit into her own work. ... more

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