Who Sang Strange Fruit? Abbey Lincoln
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Release information
Release Date: 1989
length: 6:17
producer: Horst Weber
engineer: Richard Applegate
executive producer: Horst Weber
Some other versions of "Strange Fruit"
- Song TitleRelease TitleYearArtist
- Strange FruitFine and Mellow / Strange Fruit1939Billie Holiday
- Strange FruitSigning Off1980UB40
- Strange FruitThrough the Looking Glass1987Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Strange FruitChrome1993Catherine Wheel
- Strange FruitMiki Sings Billie1994Miki Howard
- Strange FruitTales1995Marcus Miller
- Strange FruitSings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics1997Carmen McRae
- Strange FruitThe Church With One Bell1998John Martyn
- Strange FruitSoul Survivor1998Pete Rock feat. Tragedy Khadafi, Cappadonna & Sticky Fingaz
- Strange FruitThe Winds Begin to Sing2001Karan Casey
- Strange FruitNo More Music by the Suckers2004Bernadette Seacrest and her Yes Men
- Strange FruitShe Loves You2004The Twilight Singers
- Strange FruitGood Days, Bad Days2004Maarit
- Strange FruitArtificial Animals Riding on Neverland2007AaRON
- Strange FruitEleanora Fagan (1915-1959) To Billie with Love2010Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Strange FruitSeesaw2013Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa
- Strange FruitComfort2013Splashh
- Strange FruitSongVersation2013India.Arie
- Strange FruitRemembering Nina & Abbey2013Aga Zaryan
- Strange FruitDrift2014Elijah Blake
- Strange FruitNostalgia2014Annie Lennox
- Strange FruitYesterday I Had the Blues: The Music of Billie Holiday2015José James
- Strange FruitComing Forth by Day2015Cassandra Wilson
- Strange FruitUnsongs2016Moddi
- Strange FruitWhat Happened, Miss Simone?Nina Simone
- Strange FruitOver the RainbowJimmy Scott
- Strange FruitA Voice to Hold in the DarkJeff Buckley
Lyrics
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies 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 magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies 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 magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.