Strange Fruit-Archie Shepp

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[ar:Archie Shepp]
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[00:00.00]Strange Fruit - Archie Shepp/Copyright Control
[00:12.24]Southern trees bear a strange fruit
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[00:21.87]Blood at the leaves blood at the root
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[00:30.57]Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
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[00:40.30]Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
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[00:49.90]Pastoral scene of the gallant south
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[00:59.72]The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
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[01:09.60]Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
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[01:19.38]And then sudden smell of burning flesh
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[01:28.82]Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
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[01:38.32]The rain to gather the wind get no luck
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[01:47.61]The sun gonna rot the trees gonna drop
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[01:56.06]And here is a strange and bitter crop
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[03:24.76]Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
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[03:33.04]The rain to gather man they get no luck
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[03:46.68]A tree gonna drop
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[03:53.20]Here is a strange and bitter crop
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[04:01.10]Here is a strange and bitter oh bitter crop