Now for those of you
Who never been down to Tony Joe White country
Never been ... (?)
I´m gonna tell you a little bit about this so that you´ll

Understand what it is I´m talkin´ about ... yeah

Down there they got a plant
That grows out in the woods,
And in the field
Grows up the long side on the rocks
In the trees
And everybody calls it polk salad
That´s polk salad
And I used to know a girl lived down there
She´d go out in the evenings
And pick herself a little bit of it
And she carried it home
And cook it for supper
Cause that´s about all they had to eat
But they did all right

I said down in Lou´siana

Where the alligators grow so mean
Lived a girl who swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Salad Annie, Polk Salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her mama was a workin on the chain gang
She was a mean, vicious woman

Every day ´fore suppertime
She´d go down by the truck patch
And pick herself a mess o´ pokl salad
And carry it home in a tote sack
Polk Salad Annie, gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her mama was a workin on the chain gang
A wretched, spiteful, straight razor totin´ woman!

Now give me some polk salad, give me some

Her daddy was lazy and no count
He claimed he had a bad back
And all the brothers were fit for
Was stealin watermelons out of my truck patch
Polk Salad Annie, gators got your granny
Everybody told it was a shame
Cause her mama was a workin on the chain gang
Sock a little polk salad
I need me a mess of it, sock a little...