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
Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Lord have mercy.
Sock a little Polk salad to him
Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah
-- This song was called "Polk Salad Annie" and was pretty popular in the late 60's/early 70's... Elvis even covered it! Out of context, the lyrics are delightfully insane... to find out what the hell Tony Joe was talking about, check out the Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poke_Salad_Annie
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