If some of y'all never been down south too much
I'm gonna tell you a little about this so that you'll
Understand what I'm talkin' about...
To understand what we talking about
Down there we have a plant that grows like a turnip green
And everybody calls it polk salad... polk salad
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, but they did all right.
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 working on the chain gang
I mean, vicious
Her daddy was lazy and no count
Claimed he had a bad back
And all her brothers were fit for
Was stealing 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 working on the chain gang
A wretched, spiteful ((?))
Every day 'fore suppertime
She'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess o' polk salad
And carry it home in a tote sack
Polk Salad Annie
The gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her Mama was a working on the chain gang
Sock a little polk salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it
Sock a little polk
Sock a little ah ah ah
Sock a little oh oh oh
Sock a little ah ah ah ah ah ah
Polk Salad Annie
Polk Salad Annie
The gators got your granny
Polk Salad Annie
Polk Salad Annie
The gators got your granny