Some of you all never been down South too much I'm gonna tell you a little story, So you'll understand where I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant that Grows out in the woods and the fields And it looks something like a turnip green Everybody calls it Polk salad Now that's Polk salad
Used to know a girl that lived down there and She'd go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it Carry it home and cook it for supper 'Cause that's about all they had to eat But they did all right
Down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean Lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie 'Gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame For the mama was working on the chain gang What a mean, vicious woman
Everyday before 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
Polk salad Annie 'Gators got you granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause the mama was working on the chain gang