Polk Salad Annie (Live at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC - April 14, 1972) Lyrics

"Take it on Gerry"

Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
Lives 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
'Cause her momma was a workin' on a chain gang
A mean vicious, straight-bladed little woman, ah

Now everyday before supper time
She'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of Polk salad, Lord
And carry it home in a tote sack

Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
"Come back here folks"
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin' on the chain gang

Her daddy was lazy and no-account
Claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
Was stealin' watermelons outta my truck patch

Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Yeah, everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her momma was a workin' on a chain gang
Salt a little Polk salad
No wonder you hear me
Salt a little, salt a little
Salt a little, salt a little
Salt a little, salt a little

"Thankyou, ooh-ooh
You folks can just lay down for a while
I'm just gonna stand here and look at the ceiling
I'd like to do some, er"