Ub40
UB40 are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. The band has sold over 70 million records. Their No. 1 hit singles include "Red Red Wine", "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "I Got You Babe". During their three-decade long career, they have been performing sell-out shows worldwide and headlining the Reggae Sunsplash music festival in Jamaica, as well as spreading reggae to Russia and South America.
RECORDINGS
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Strange Fruit
Ub40
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Writers
Lewis Allan
Themes
Body
Food and Drink
Weather
Country/Nature
Colours
Genres
Reggae/Ska
Year
1980
Lyrics
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.
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.
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