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Censored for Cynicism
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We have been told by racist bigots that blacks did not sing the Blues during Jim Crow. So all who support the racist Ducks, please post all those happy Jim Crow songs.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI]Billie Holiday-Strange fruit- HD - YouTube[/ame]
"Strange Fruit" performed by Billie Holiday 1939.
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
Removed Morbid Image XXXXXX
Link to image too REAL for the Right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ThomasShippAbramSmith.jpg
The photograph that was cited by the songwriter as the inspiration for the song: Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI]Billie Holiday-Strange fruit- HD - YouTube[/ame]
"Strange Fruit" performed by Billie Holiday 1939.
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
Removed Morbid Image XXXXXX
Link to image too REAL for the Right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ThomasShippAbramSmith.jpg
The photograph that was cited by the songwriter as the inspiration for the song: Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930.
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