Lyrics and translation Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit #2
Southern
trees
bear
a
strange
fruit
Les
arbres
du
Sud
portent
un
fruit
étrange
Blood
on
the
leaves
and
blood
at
the
root
Du
sang
sur
les
feuilles
et
du
sang
à
la
racine
Black
bodies
swingin′
in
the
Southern
breeze
Des
corps
noirs
se
balançant
dans
la
brise
du
Sud
Strange
fruit
hangin'
from
the
poplar
trees
D'étranges
fruits
pendent
des
peupliers
Pastoral
scene
of
the
gallant
South
Scène
pastorale
du
Sud
galant
The
bulgin′
eyes
and
the
twisted
mouth
Les
yeux
exorbités
et
la
bouche
tordue
Scent
of
magnolias
sweet
and
fresh
Senteur
de
magnolias
douce
et
fraîche
Then
the
sudden
smell
of
burnin'
flesh
Puis
l'odeur
soudaine
de
chair
brûlée
Here
is
a
fruit
for
the
crows
to
pluck
Voici
un
fruit
pour
que
les
corbeaux
le
cueillent
For
the
rain
to
gather
Pour
que
la
pluie
le
rassemble
For
the
wind
to
suck
Pour
que
le
vent
l'aspire
For
the
sun
to
rot
Pour
que
le
soleil
le
fasse
pourrir
For
the
tree
to
drop
Pour
que
l'arbre
le
laisse
tomber
Here
is
a
strange
and
bitter
crop
Voici
une
récolte
étrange
et
amère
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1
I'll Be Seeing You #2
2 As Time Goes By #2
3 Strange Fruit #2
4 Lover, Come Back to Me (-1)
5 He's Funny That Way (Take 2A)
6 I'll Be Seeing You #3
7 I Cover the Waterfront [-1]
8 My Old Flame - Take 2
9 How Am I to Know #2 [-1]
10 How Am I to Know?
11 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues "#2"
12 Billie's Blues #3
13 Billie's Blues
14 Lover Come Back to Me
15 He's Funny That Way #3
16 He's Funny That Way
17 (I've Got a Man, Crazy for Me) He's Funny That Way #2
18 Embraceable You #2
19 Embraceable You #3
20 I'm Yours #2
21 Lover, Come Back To Me
22 I'm Yours #3
23 I Cover the Waterfront
24 I Cover the Waterfront #3
25 I'l Get By #2
26 My Old Flame #2
27 My Old Flame #3
28 How Am I to Know #2 [-2]
29 Yesterdays #2
2 As Time Goes By #2
3 Strange Fruit #2
4 Lover, Come Back to Me (-1)
5 He's Funny That Way (Take 2A)
6 I'll Be Seeing You #3
7 I Cover the Waterfront [-1]
8 My Old Flame - Take 2
9 How Am I to Know #2 [-1]
10 How Am I to Know?
11 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues "#2"
12 Billie's Blues #3
13 Billie's Blues
14 Lover Come Back to Me
15 He's Funny That Way #3
16 He's Funny That Way
17 (I've Got a Man, Crazy for Me) He's Funny That Way #2
18 Embraceable You #2
19 Embraceable You #3
20 I'm Yours #2
21 Lover, Come Back To Me
22 I'm Yours #3
23 I Cover the Waterfront
24 I Cover the Waterfront #3
25 I'l Get By #2
26 My Old Flame #2
27 My Old Flame #3
28 How Am I to Know #2 [-2]
29 Yesterdays #2
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