Elvis Presley - Polk Salad Annie

Polk Salad Annie

(Tony Joe White)
Some of you a ll never been down South too much...
I gonna tell you a little story, so you wi will understa nd where Imta lking a bout
Down there we ha ve a pla nt tha t grows out in the woods a nd the fields,
a nd it looks something like a turnip green.
Everybody ca lls it Polk sa la d. Now tha ts Polk sa la d.
Used to know a girl tha t lived down there a nd
shed go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it...
Ca rry it home a nd cook it for supper, ca use tha ts a bout a ll they ha d to ea t,
But they did a ll right.
Down in Louisia na
Where the a lliga tors grow so mea n
Lived a girl tha t I swear to the world
Ma de the a lliga tors look ta me
Polk sa la d Annie
Ga tors got your gra nny
Everybody sa id it wa s a sha me
For the ma ma wa s working on the cha in-ga ng
Wha t a mea n, vicious woma n
Everyda y before suppertime
Shed go down by the truck pa tch
And pick her a mess of Polk sa la d
And ca rry it home in a tote sa ck
Polk sa la d Annie
Ga tors got you gra nny
Everybody sa id it wa s a sha me
Ca use the ma ma wa s working on the cha in-ga ng
Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, stra ight-ra zor totin woma n,
Lord ha ve mercy.
Sock a little Polk sa la d to him
Yea h, you know wha t, yea h, yea h
But da ddy wa s a la zy a nd a no-count
Cla imed he ha d a ba d ba ck
All her brothers were fit for
Wa s stea ling wa termelons out of my truck
For once Polk sa la d Annie
Ga tors got your gra nny
Everybody sa id it wa s a sha me
For the ma ma wa s working on the cha in-ga ng
Sock a little Polk sa la d to him
You know wha t meets a mea l mention
You sock a little
Hey, hey, hey, yea h, yea h
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Sock a little Polk sa la d to him
You know wha t meets a mea l mention
Sock a little Polk sa la d to him
You know wha t meets a mea l mention
Chinc, chinc, chinc, chin, ling, ling ling