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Polk Salad Annie

Words & Music by Tony Joe White

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Polk Salad Annie

Words & Music by Tony Joe White

Lyrics:

Some of you all never been down South too much...
I' gonna tell you a little story, 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. Now that's 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,
But they did all right.

Down in Louisiana
Where the alligators grow so mean
Lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame

Polk salad Annie
'Gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
For the mama was working on the chain-gang
What a mean, vicious woman

Everyday before suppertime
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
'Gators got you granny
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang
Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Lord have mercy.

Sock a little polk salad to me
Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah

But daddy was a lazy and a no-count
Claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
Was stealing watermelons out of my truck

For once Polk salad Annie
'Gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
For the mama was working on the chain-gang

Sock a little polk salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it
You sock a little
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Sock a little polk salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it
Sock a little polk salad
You know I need me a mess of it
Chinc, chinc, chinc, chin, ling, ling ling

More info:

Polk Salad Annie is a Tony Joe White composition. His 1969 recording (Monument 1104) reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

A February 18, 1970, performance of Polk Salad Annie by Elvis at the International Hotel in Las Vegas was featured on the album On Stage - February, 1970. Rehearsal sessions of Polk Salad Annie at the MGM studios and the International Hotel in July and August 1970 were used in the documentary Elvis - That's the Way It Is, as was a concert performance. An April 9, 1972, concert rendition at Hampton Roads, Virginia, was used in Elvis On Tour (1972).


Lyrics:	Some of you all never been down South too much... I' gonna tell you a little story, 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. Now that's 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, But they did all right. Down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean Lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame Polk salad Annie 'Gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame For the mama was working on the chain-gang What a mean, vicious woman Everyday before suppertime 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 'Gators got you granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman, Lord have mercy. Sock a little polk salad to me Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah But daddy was a lazy and a no-count Claimed he had a bad back All her brothers were fit for Was stealing watermelons out of my truck For once Polk salad Annie 'Gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame For the mama was working on the chain-gang Sock a little polk salad to me You know I need me a mess of it You sock a little Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon Sock a little polk salad to me You know I need me a mess of it Sock a little polk salad You know I need me a mess of it Chinc, chinc, chinc, chin, ling, ling ling

More info:		Polk Salad Annie is a Tony Joe White composition. His 1969 recording (Monument 1104) reached #8 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. A February 18, 1970, performance of Polk Salad Annie by Elvis at the International Hotel in Las Vegas was featured on the album On Stage - February, 1970. Rehearsal sessions of Polk Salad Annie at the MGM studios and the International Hotel in July and August 1970 were used in the documentary Elvis - That's the Way It Is, as was a concert performance. An April 9, 1972, concert rendition at Hampton Roads, Virginia, was used in Elvis On Tour (1972).