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Professor: Danie Marcelo de Jesus

Aluna: Maria Julia Nascimento

This is the lyric of the song “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday

Southern trees bear 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,

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.

a) In your Opinion, what is the meaning behind the lyrics?

b) What is the impact of the imagery used in the lyrics, such as "blood
on the leaves" and "black bodies swinging"?
c) Why do you think "Strange Fruit" continues to be an important and
relevant song today?
d) What emotions and themes does "Strange Fruit" evoke for you
personally?
2) Look at the image of Billie Holiday performing Strange Fruit and answer
the questions

a) Do you think she is singing something personal to her?

b) By Looking at her body language, what can you observe?
c) She wrote that song in 1939, do you think she was criticized?

3) In your Opinion, who is the singer that could do the best performance of
“Straneg Fruit” these days?