Southern trees bearing a 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
Bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck
For the rain to wither, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop, it's dead
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is a fruit for the crow to pluck
For the rain to wither, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop, it's dead
- :
- Getting Over the Storm
- Miscellaneous
- UB40
- TwentyFourSeven
- Live
- Cover Up
- UB40 Present The Dancehall Album
- Guns In The Ghetto
- Promises And Lies
- CCCP / Live In Moscow
- Rat in The Kitchen
- Baggariddim
- The UB40 File
- Geffery Morgan
- Labour Of Love 2
- Labour Of Love 3
- Labour Of Love
- UB44
- Present Arms
- Signing Off