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“Bitter Fruit,” originally a poem by Abel Meeropol, was famously performed by Billie Holiday. The song uses the image of “strange fruit” hanging from trees to depict lynching victims, drawing attention to the brutality and dehumanization of this practice.
Meta Lyrics
The South will not rise again
’Til it’s paid for every sin
Strange fruit, hard bargain
Till the roots, Southern Gotham
