Song :
B
Intro :
E
Now some of y'all never been down South too much
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this
So that you'll understand what I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant that grows out
in the woods and the fields
Looks somethin' like a turnip green
Everybody calls it polk salad
Polk salad, huh
Used to know a girl that 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
They did alright
E
Down in Louisiana
E
Where the alligators grow so mean
E
Lived a girl that I swear to the world
E
Made the alligators look tame
Chorus :
N.C.
A A7
Polk salad Annie
E
Gators got your granny
G A
Everybody said it was a shame
G A E
For the mama was working on the chain-gang
E
What a mean, vicious woman
E
Everyday before suppertime
E E7
She'd go down by the truck patch
E
And pick her a mess of Polk salad
E
And carry it home in a tote sack
Chorus :
N.C.
A A7
Polk salad Annie
E
Gators got you granny
G A
Everybody said it was a shame
G A E
Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang
E
Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Bridge :
E E7
Sock a little Polk salad to him
E
Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah
E
Her daddy was a lazy and a no-count
E
Claimed he had a bad back
E
All her brothers were fit for
E
Was stealing watermelons out of my truck patch
Chorus :
N.C.
A A7
Polk salad Annie
E
Gators got you granny
G A
Everybody said it was a shame
G A E
Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang
