Monday, February 28, 2011

Şahane Şarkılar, Şahane Sözler


Strange Fruit

Southern trees bear 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,
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 tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Billie Holiday

Not: Sözleri komünist bir lise öğretmeni olan Abel Meeropol, beyazlar tarafından linç edilen iki siyahın (Thomas Shipp ve Abram Smith) anısına yazılmıştır. 1939'da yayınlanan "Strange Fruit"in ilk protest pop şarkısı olduğu söylenebilir.

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