POLK SALAD ANNIE

Yeah ..

If some of ya'll never been
Down South too much...

I said

If some of ya'll never been
Down South too much...
 
I'm gonna tell you a little Story,
So that you'll understand
What I'm talking about

Down there we have a plant
That grows in the
Woods and the fields,
Looks somethin' like a turnip green.

Everybody calls it "Polksalet".
Now that's  "Polksalet".

Lord Help Us

Used to know a girl
That lived down there and
She'd go out in the evenings
And pick a mess of it...

Carry it home
And cook it for supper,
'Cause that's about
All they had to eat,

But they did all right.

Down in Louisiana
Where the Alligators
Rule so mean

There lived a girl
That I swear to the world
Made an Alligator

"Look tame"

Polk Salad Annie
Gator got your Granny

Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause your Mama was a working
On the Chain-gang

"A mean, vicious Woman"

Everyday before Supper time
She'd go down by the Truck Patch
And pick her a mess o' Polk Salad
 And carry it home in a tote sack now

Polk Salad Annie
Gators got you Granny

Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause your Mama was a workin'
On the Chain-gang ..

Yeah

"Ah she was a
Wretched, spiteful,
Straight-razor totin' Woman"

Lord Have Mercy

Yeah ..

Sock a little Polk Salad to me,
You know I need a Meal

Mmm .. Sock a little Polk Salad,
Sock a little .. Mmm.. mmm

Her Daddy was lazy and no count
He claimed he had a bad Back
All of her of Brothers were fit for stealin'
Watermelons out of my Truck

Polk salad Annie,
Gator got your Granny

Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause your Mama was a working'
On the Chain-gang

Yeah ..

Sock a little Polk Salad to me,
you know I need a Meal Missy
Sock a little Polk Salad, 
Sock a little ..
Sock  ...

Mmmm

YEAH

Hmmm..

Sock a little Polk Salad to me,
You know I need a Meal Missy
 Sock a little Polk Salad ,
You know I need a Meal

Mmm

Sock a little Polk Salad
Sock a little Polk Salad to me,
You know I need a Meal

 Yeah

 Sock a little,
   Sock a little ..
 Sock..

Sock a little Polk Salad ..

Ahh ... Yeah Yeah