Polk Salad Annie Songtext

von Tony Joe White

Ungr
Now 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 in the fields ... looks some like a turnip green
And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad ungr
Used to know a girl lived down there
And she'd go out in the evenings
And pick her mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
Cause that's about all they had to eat
But they did allright

Down in Louisiana where the alligators grow so mean,
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a-workin' on the chain gang
A mean vicious woman ungr

Everdyay 'fore suppertime she'd go down by the truckpatch
And pick her a mess o' polk salad
And carry it home in a tow-sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a-workin' on the chain gang
A wretched spiteful straight-razor tottin' woman ha-ha
Lord have mercy, pick my mess of it

Ungr
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
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a workin' on the chain gang
Sock a little polk salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it
Uhu good God uhuhu the ungr ungr ....