[Intro]
Mmm, ah
Some of you soul brothers and soul sisters out there
That ain't never been down south too much
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about it
Just so you know what I'm talkin' 'bout
Down there they got a plant that grows
Out in the woods, fields
Looks something like a turnip green
Call it "polk salad", polk salad

[Verse 1]
A-down in Louisiana, hah
Where the alligators grow so mean
A little black girl, that I swear to the world
She make the alligators look tame

[Chorus]
Polk Salad Annie (Polk Salad Annie)
Oh, Polk Salad Annie (Polk Salad Annie)
Everybody said it was a shame, uh!
'Cause your mama was workin' on the chain gang (Chain gang)
A mean and vicious woman

[Verse 2]
A-every day before supper time
Shе go down by the truck station
She pick her mеssy polk salad
Then she carry it home in a towsack
[Chorus]
Polk Salad Annie (Polk Salad Annie)
Oh, the gators at your grand-mammy (Polk Salad Annie)
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mammy was workin' on the chain gang (Chain gang)
A wretched, spiteful, straight razor-toed woman
Man, I mean bad!

[Verse 3]
Her daddy was lazy and no-count
He claimed he had a bad back
And all that a-brothers were fittin' for
Was stealin' watermelons out my truck back

[Chorus]
Polk Salad Annie (Polk Salad Annie)
Oh, the gators at your grand-mammy (Polk Salad Annie)
Ow, everybody said it was a shame
'Cause your mammy was workin' on the chain gang (Chain gang)
Come on, Joey
Show 'em how to pick that polk salad
Go get 'em, son

[Bridge]
Heh-heh, that was Joey Mercer my guitar player
Him and David Brown, my bass player, and
Bobby Bird was my piano player
All them dig that polk salad, man
The only person that never had none is
My man "Nasty Large" John, load on drum
Give the drummer some, go 'head, John
Uh!
[Outro]
A-Polk Salad Annie
The gators at your grand-mammy (Polk Salad Annie)
Come on, Annie
Sock a little polk salad to me (Polk Salad Annie)
Mmm-hmm (Polk Salad Annie)
I know I need me a mess of it, ow! (Polk Salad Annie)
Polk Salad Annie (Polk Salad Annie)
The gators at your mammy, ow! (Polk Salad Annie)