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If some of ya'll never been down south too muchI'm gonna tell you a little bit about this So that you'll understand what I'm talkin' aboutDown there we have a plant that grows out in the woodsAnd in the fields looks somethin' like a turnip greenAnd everybody calls it polk salad, polk saladUsed to know a girl lived down there And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of itCarry it home and cook it for supper'Cause thats about all they had to eat, but they did all rightDown in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so meanThere lived a girl, that I swear to the worldMade the alligators look tamePolk salad Annie, polk salad AnnieEverybody said it was a shameCause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang(A mean vicious woman)Everyday ?for supper time, she'd go down by the truck patchAnd pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sackPolk salad Annie, the gators got your grannyEverybody says it was a shameCause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang(A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' womanLord have Mercy, pick a mess of it)SongtexteHer daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad backAll her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons Out of my truck patchPolk salad Annie, the gators got your grannyEverybody said it was a shameCause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it) Aus Songtexte Mania