Polk Salad Annie

Lyrics

[Spoken Introduction] Uh! If some of ya'll never been down south too much I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this So that you'll understand what I'm talkin' about Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and The fields Looks somethin' like a turnip green Everybody calls it polk salad Polk salad Uh! Used to know a girl lived down there And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it Carry it home and cook it for supper 'Cause that's about all they had to eat They did alright [Verse 1] And down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean There lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame [Chorus] Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her momma was a-workin' on the chain gang (A mean, vicious woman) Uh! [Verse 2] Every day 'for suppertime She'd go down by the truck patch And pick her a mess of polk salad Carry it home in a tote sack [Chorus] Polk salad Annie The gators got your granny, chomp, chomp, chomp Everybody says it was a shame 'Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang (A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman, heh-heh) (Lord, have mercy, pick a mess of it) [Harmonica Solo] Uh! [Verse 3] Her daddy was lazy and no 'count Claimed he had a bad back All her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons Out of my truck patch [Chorus] Polk salad Annie The gators got your granny, woah ooh-hoo Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her momma was a-workin' on the chain gang [Outro] (Sock a little polk salad to me You know I need a mean mess of it) Ooh, ooh, ooh Good God Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh-uh-uh! Got to have me Ate her up, heh