Polk Salad Annie

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Polk Salad Annie by Tony Joe White

About Polk Salad Annie

"Polk Salad Annie” is a 1968 song written and recorded by American musician Tony Joe White. Traditionally, the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke sallet, a cooked greens dish made from pokeweed. Released as a single in 1969, it reached #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Elvis Presley's version also made the song popular. .

Polk Salad Annie Lyrics

[00:13.25] Now some of y'all never been down South too much
[00:15.44] I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this
[00:16.90] So that you'll understand what I'm talking about
[00:22.19] Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields
[00:25.82] Looks somethin' like a turnip green
[00:28.48] Everybody calls it polk salad
[00:31.35] Polk salad, huh
[00:38.12] Used to know a girl that lived down there
[00:39.61] And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it
[00:42.72] Carry it home and cook it for supper
[00:46.09] 'Cause that's about all they had to eat
[00:49.87] They did alright
[00:52.76] Down in Louisiana
[00:56.24] Where the alligators grow so mean
[01:00.01] There lived a girl that I swear to the world
[01:04.05] Made the alligators look tame
[01:06.50] Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
[01:14.38] Everybody said it was a shame
[01:18.16] 'Cause her mama was working on a chain gang
[01:23.38] A mean vicious woman, huh
[01:27.48]
[01:32.84] Now, every day 'fore supper time
[01:36.68] She'd go down by the truck patch
[01:40.32] And pick her a mess o' polk salad
[01:43.85] And carry it home in a tote sack
[01:46.86] Polk salad Annie
[01:50.31] The gators got your granny, chomp, chomp-chomp
[01:54.65] Everybody said it was a shame
[01:58.25] 'Cause her mama was a-workin' on a chain gang
[02:03.33] A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman, he-he
[02:09.58] Lord, have mercy, pick a mess of it
[02:12.35]
[02:30.64] Huh
[02:33.20] Her daddy was lazy and no count
[02:36.62] Claimed he had a bad back
[02:40.64] All her brothers were fit for
[02:43.58] Was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch
[02:46.96] Polk salad Annie
[02:50.33] The gators got your granny, woo-hoo
[02:54.53] Everybody said it was a shame
[02:58.18] 'Cause her mama was a-working on a chain gang
[03:02.07]
[03:08.65] Sock a little polk salad to me
[03:12.25] You know I need a mean mess of it
[03:14.87] Woo-ooh, good God
[03:20.72] Ooh-oh-oh, oh, oh, ooh
[03:27.31] Got to have me
[03:30.71] Hey, love
[03:32.64] Huh
[03:33.86]

From the album: US Top 100 - The 60s

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