Lyrics to
Strange Fruit

This version of Strange Fruit was released by Diana Ross in 1972.

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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the roots
Black bodies swingin’ in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
And the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is the 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

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Diana Ross has released many songs over the years besides Strange Fruit. Diana Ross released songs from 1970 to 2006 spanning across albums like Everything Is Everything, Diana Ross, Surrender / I'm Still Waiting, Lady Sings The Blues, Touch Me In The Morning, Last Time I Saw Him, Diana & Marvin, Live At Caesar's Palace, Baby It's Me, The Wiz, Ross, The Boss, diana, To Love Again, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Silk Electric, Swept Away, Eaten Alive, Red Hot Rhythm And Blues, Workin' Overtime, The Force Behind The Power, Take Me Higher, Every Day Is A New Day, I Love You, and Blue. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Diana Ross.

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About Lyrics and Strange Fruit by Diana Ross

The lyrics to Strange Fruit are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Diana Ross in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Strange Fruit are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Diana Ross and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Strange Fruit back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Strange Fruit by Diana Ross in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Strange Fruit" means the words set to the music of Strange Fruit, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Diana Ross. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Strange Fruit and the lyrics to Strange Fruit are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Diana Ross who came here looking just for the lyrics to Strange Fruit, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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