Polk Salad Annie

If some of ya'll never been down south too much I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this So that you'll understand what I'm talkin' about Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods And in the fields looks somethin' like a turnip green And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad Used to know a girl lived down there And she'd go out in the evenings and pick her 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 There lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang (A mean vicious woman) Everyday for supper time, she'd go down by the truck patch And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny Everybody says it was a shame 'Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang (A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman Lord have Mercy, take a mess of it) Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back All her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause 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)