Chords
[Intro]
E7Umm!
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 the fields looks somethin' like a turnip green
And ev'rybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
Umm!
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, they did all right
[Verse 1]
E7Down in Louisiana
Where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
[Chorus]
Polk salad A7Annie, polk salad E7Annie
EveryGbody said it was a shame
A 'Cause her Gmomma was aworkin' on the Achain gang
[Break]
E7 A mean, vicious woman
Umm!
[Verse 2]
E7Every day 'for 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
[Chorus]
Polk salad A7Annie, the gators got your E7granny, chomp, chomp, chomp
EveryGbody says it was a shame
A 'Cause her Gmomma was a workin' on the chainA gang
[Break]
E7 A wretched, spiteful, straightrazor totin' woman, hehheh
Lord, have mercy, pick a mess of it
[Harmonica Solo]
E7 Umm!
[Verse 3]
Her E7daddy 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
[Chorus]
Polk salad A7Annie, the gators got your E7granny, whoa oohhoo
EveryGbody said it was a shame
A 'Cause her Gmomma was aworkin' on the Achain gang
[Outro]
E7 Sock a little polk salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Good]Ooh, [God]ooh, ooh
Umm, umm, umm, umm, umm, umm, umm!
Got to have me
Ate her up,E7 heh