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STRANGE FRUIT -BILLIE HOLIDAY




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STRANGE FRUIT - BILLIE HOLIDAY

I LEXICAL ACTIVITY
Find 16 words in the following grid

 PUT EACH OF THESE WORDS IN THE CORRECT LIST

BODY NATURE WEATHER
B
B
E
F
M
C
F
L
M
P
R
T
B
R
S
W
 

II LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

Listen to Billie Holiday's song and fill in the lyrics:

 
Southern  bear strange ,
 on the  and  at the ,
Black  swinging in the southern ,
Strange fruit hanging from the  trees.
 
Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging  and the twisted ,
Scent of , sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning .
 
Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the  to gather, for the  to suck,
For the  to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter