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Strange Fruit

Southern trees bear a strange _______


Blood on the leaves and blood at the _______
Black bodies swinging in the southern _________
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar ________
Pastoral scene of the gallant _______
The bulging eyes and the twisted ________
Scent of magnolia, sweet and _______
Then the sudden smell of burning _______
Here is a fruit for the crows to ________
For the rain to gather, for the wind to ________
For the sun to rot, for the tree to ________
Here is a strange and bitter ________

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