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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
Vocals
N. PUTNAM
N. PUTNAM
Bass
Jerry Carrigan
Jerry Carrigan
Drums
Chip Young
Chip Young
Guitar
David Briggs
David Briggs
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White
Songwriter
Bergen White
Bergen White
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lee Herschberg
Lee Herschberg
Mastering Engineer
Al Pachucki
Al Pachucki
Engineer
Billy Swan
Billy Swan
Producer

Lyrics

[Intro]
Mmm
If some of y'all 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' 'bout
Down there, we have a plant that grows out in the woods
And the fields, looks somethin' like a turnip green
And ev'rybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
Mmm
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, they did all right
[Verse 1]
Down in Louisiana
Where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
[Chorus]
Polk Salad Annie, Polk Salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was a-workin' on a chain gang
A mean, vicious woman, mmm
[Verse 2]
Every day 'for 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
[Chorus]
Polk Salad Annie, the gators got your granny, chomp, chomp, chomp
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was a-workin' on the chain gang
A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman, heh-heh
Lord, have mercy, pick a mess of it
[Verse 3]
Uhh
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
[Chorus]
Polk Salad Annie, the gators got your granny, woo-ooh-hoo
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was a-workin' on a chain gang
[Outro]
Sock a little polk salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it
Woo-ooh-ooh
Good God
Woo-ooh-ooh
Uhh, uh, uh, uh, uh-uh-uh
Got to have me
Ate her up, heh
Written by: Tony Joe White
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