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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Felton Jarvis
Felton Jarvis
Producer
Al Pachucki
Al Pachucki
Engineer

Lyrics

Some of y'all never been down south too much
Some of y'all never been down south too, ha-ha
(Wow!)
I'm gonna tell you a little story
So that you'll understand what I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant that grows out
Iin the woods and the fields
And it looks somethin' like a turnip green
Everybody calls it Polk salad
Now that's Polk salad
(Ow, ow!)
Lord have mercy
Used to know a girl lived down there and
She'd go out in the evenings and 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 alright
Down in Louisiana
(Yeah)
Where the alligators grow so mean
(Wow, yeah, wow)
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
(Wow)
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie
The gators got your granny
(Chomp, chomp)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her momma was working on a chain-gang
(He-yeah, huh)
A mean vicious woman
Oh!
Everyday before 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
(Yeah)
Polk salad Annie
(Yeah)
The gators got your granny, ooh-ooh-ooh
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her momma was a-workin' on a chain gang
(He-yeah, huh)
A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman
(Yeah)
(Yeah)
Lord have mercy, whoo
They sock a little polk salad to me
(Yeah, yeah)
Know I need a
(Get it)
(Whoo)
(Yeah)
(Yeah whoo-whoo, yeah)
(Yeah)
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
(Oh, yeah)
The gators got your granny
(Chomp, chomp)
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her momma was working on a chain-gang
(He, he-he, yeah)
Whoa
They sock a little polk salad to me
(Yeah, come on)
Know I need a mess of it
(Yeah sing it, Dee)
Sock a little, hey!
(Ow!)
(Hey, hey)
(Wow, wow)
(Wow, woo-woo, wow)
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Sock a little Polk salad to me
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Know I need a real mess
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Sock a little Polk salad
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Know I need a real mess
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
Ching-ching-a-ching-chang
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Chang-chang-chang-chang-aling
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
Chang-chang-chang-chang-ching-aling
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Ching-ching-a-ching-chang
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Chang-chang-chang-chang-aling
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
Ching-ching-a-ching-chang
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Chang-chang-chang-chang-aling
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
Chang-chang
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp-bomp-bomp, bomp-bomp-bomp)
(Chicki-bomp, chicki-bomp)
Come on
Whoo
Whoo
Yeah
(I got ya)
Ha-ha
(You're the one knocking yourself out and you're gonna study after)
Thank you, I
I'll be over there
(Whoo)
Thank you, thank you very much
Hi
(Whoo)
Just give me a little time to breathe folks
Just a
(Whoo)
What you got on your mind?
Tough way to make a living boys, I'll tell ya
Thank you
Honey, don't-don't-don't get, don't get physical
(Get her)
I've already kissed you
You've already had it
Just hang loose everybody, we'll get
Okay, come on, alright
And before I
Written by: Tony Joe White
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