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Tony Joe White
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Polk Salad Annie
Lyricist:Tony Joe White
Some of you all never been down south too much I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this So you'll understand where I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant That grows out in the woods and the fields And it looks something like a turnip green Everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
Used to know a girl that lived down there and She'd go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it Carry it home and cook it for supper 'Cause that's about all they had to eat, 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 working on the chain gang A mean, vicious woman
Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Everyday 'fore supper time She'd go down by the truck patch And pick her a mess of polk salad And carry it home in a tote sack
Polk salad Annie the 'gators got you granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause the mama was working on the chain gang A wretched, spiteful, straight razor totin' woman Lord have mercy, pick a mess of it
Her daddy was a lazy and no count Claimed he had a bad back All her brothers were fit for Was stealing watermelons out of my truck
That's polk salad Annie the 'gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her mama was working on the chain gang
Sock a little polk salad to him You know I need a meal mention Come on good girl Gotta help me
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