We are sorry to announce that The Karaoke Online Flash site will no longer be available by the end of 2020 due to Adobe and all major browsers stopping support of the Flash Player."

You can still sing karaoke with us. Go to thekaraokechannel.com/html to sing on your desktop.

Thanks for singing with us!




This content requires the Adobe Flash Player. Get Flash

Strange Fruit

In the style of

Billie Holiday

Lyrics

southern trees
bear a strange fruit
blood on the leaves
and blood at the root

black bodies swingin'
in the
southern breeze
strange fruit hangin'
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 burnin' 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 the tree to drop
here is a strange
and bitter crop

Details

  • Duration : 3:11
  • Key : Bbm
  • Genre : Standards
  • Year released : 1939
  • Language : English

Related Content

Other songs in the style of Billie Holiday