»Strange Fruit« & Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday indspillede 20. april 1939 den stærke sang mod racisme og lynchning, og i år (7. april 2015) er det 100-året for hendes fødsel.

Se linkboxen »Strange Fruit« - Abel Meeropol, Billie Holiday & lynchning.

Links til vidoer og artikler om »Strange Fruit«, dens komponist/forfatter Abel Meeropol og sangeren Billie Holiday.

Appendix: Marion-lynchningen og fotografiet bag sangen »Strange Fruit«.

On April 20, 1939 Billie Holiday recorded the powerfull song against racism and lynching, and  this year is her hundredth birthday (April 7, 1915).

See the links-collection »Strange Fruit« - Abel Meeropol, Billie Holiday & lynchning.

Links to vidoes and articles on »Strange Fruit«, it's composer/writer Abel Meeropol og the singer Billie Holiday.

Appendix: The Marion-lynchning og the photography behind the song »Strange Fruit«.

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.

Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And 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 a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Hør video: Billie Holiday synger »Strange Fruit«