Jeff Buckley - Strange Fruit

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

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

Strange Fruit - Jeff Buckley [Live at Sin-e]

Buckley's best version and it perhaps surpasses the original.

Jeff Buckley - Strange Fruit Acoustic

Jeff Buckley - Strange Fruit Acoustic.

Jeff Buckley - Strange Fruit (Not Sin-é)

Jeff's take on a very old song made famous by Billie Holiday. Another version of this cover was released on the 'Live from Sin-é' album, featuring Jeff on electric ...

JEFF BUCKLEY - Strange Fruit (Live at Sin-é, 1993)

Recorded over two afternoons at Sin-é, New York City in 1993. Jeff used a Blonde Fender Telecaster. All of the songs were played with a clean sound with ...

Jeff Buckley - Strange Fruit

This is a audience recording from Sin-e. You will not find this in the Live at Sin-e EP or Sin-e Legacy 2CD. Buckley's voice is overpowering at certain points on ...

Jeff Buckley

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