Polk Salad Annie (Album Version) Lyrics

Song	Polk Salad Annie (Album Version)
Artist	Tony Joe White
Album	Rhino Hi-Five: Tony Joe White
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[00:01.05]	Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
[00:04.29]
[00:09.42]
[00:13.35]	If some of ya'll never been down south too much
[00:15.07]	I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this
[00:16.80]	So that you'll understand what I'm talking about
[00:22.23]	Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods
[00:24.28]	And in the fields looks something like a turnip green
[00:28.29]	And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
[00:38.34]	Used to know a girl lived down there
[00:39.79]	And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it
[00:41.77]	Carry it home and cook it for supper
[00:45.71]	'Cause thats about all they had to eat, but they did all right
[00:51.47]
[00:52.72]	Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
[00:59.90]	There lived a girl, that I swear to the world
[01:03.88]	Made the alligators look tame
[01:06.50]	Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
[01:13.97]	Everybody said it was a shame
[01:17.87]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[01:22.31]	（A mean vicious woman）
[01:26.05]
[01:33.09]	Everyday 'fore supper time, she'd go down by the truck patch
[01:40.21]	And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
[01:47.02]	Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
[01:54.42]	Everybody says it was a shame
[01:57.99]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[02:01.78]	（A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor toting woman
[02:09.48]	Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it）
[02:13.49]
[02:33.14]	Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back
[02:40.20]	All her brothers were fit for was stealing watermelons
[02:44.93]	Out of my truck patch
[02:46.78]	Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
[02:53.58]	Everybody said it was a shame
[02:58.15]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[03:02.56]
[03:08.54]	Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it
[03:16.69]	Come on good girl
[03:19.49]
[03:26.99]	Gotta help me
[03:29.22]

[00:01.05]	Tony Joe White Polk Salad Annie
[00:04.29]
[00:09.42]
[00:13.35]	If some of ya' ll never been down south too much
[00:15.07]	I' m gonna tell you a little bit about this
[00:16.80]	So that you' ll understand what I' m talking about
[00:22.23]	Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods
[00:24.28]	And in the fields looks something like a turnip green
[00:28.29]	And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
[00:38.34]	Used to know a girl lived down there
[00:39.79]	And she' d go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it
[00:41.77]	Carry it home and cook it for supper
[00:45.71]	' Cause thats about all they had to eat, but they did all right
[00:51.47]
[00:52.72]	Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
[00:59.90]	There lived a girl, that I swear to the world
[01:03.88]	Made the alligators look tame
[01:06.50]	Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
[01:13.97]	Everybody said it was a shame
[01:17.87]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[01:22.31]	A mean vicious woman
[01:26.05]
[01:33.09]	Everyday ' fore supper time, she' d go down by the truck patch
[01:40.21]	And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
[01:47.02]	Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
[01:54.42]	Everybody says it was a shame
[01:57.99]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[02:01.78]	A wretched, spiteful, straightrazor toting woman
[02:09.48]	Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it
[02:13.49]
[02:33.14]	Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back
[02:40.20]	All her brothers were fit for was stealing watermelons
[02:44.93]	Out of my truck patch
[02:46.78]	Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
[02:53.58]	Everybody said it was a shame
[02:58.15]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[03:02.56]
[03:08.54]	Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it
[03:16.69]	Come on good girl
[03:19.49]
[03:26.99]	Gotta help me
[03:29.22]

[00:01.05]	Tony Joe White Polk Salad Annie
[00:04.29]
[00:09.42]
[00:13.35]	If some of ya' ll never been down south too much
[00:15.07]	I' m gonna tell you a little bit about this
[00:16.80]	So that you' ll understand what I' m talking about
[00:22.23]	Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods
[00:24.28]	And in the fields looks something like a turnip green
[00:28.29]	And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
[00:38.34]	Used to know a girl lived down there
[00:39.79]	And she' d go out in the evenings and pick her a mess of it
[00:41.77]	Carry it home and cook it for supper
[00:45.71]	' Cause thats about all they had to eat, but they did all right
[00:51.47]
[00:52.72]	Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
[00:59.90]	There lived a girl, that I swear to the world
[01:03.88]	Made the alligators look tame
[01:06.50]	Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
[01:13.97]	Everybody said it was a shame
[01:17.87]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[01:22.31]	A mean vicious woman
[01:26.05]
[01:33.09]	Everyday ' fore supper time, she' d go down by the truck patch
[01:40.21]	And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
[01:47.02]	Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
[01:54.42]	Everybody says it was a shame
[01:57.99]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[02:01.78]	A wretched, spiteful, straightrazor toting woman
[02:09.48]	Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it
[02:13.49]
[02:33.14]	Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back
[02:40.20]	All her brothers were fit for was stealing watermelons
[02:44.93]	Out of my truck patch
[02:46.78]	Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
[02:53.58]	Everybody said it was a shame
[02:58.15]	Cause her momma was a working on the chain gang
[03:02.56]
[03:08.54]	Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it
[03:16.69]	Come on good girl
[03:19.49]
[03:26.99]	Gotta help me
[03:29.22]

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