Polk Salad Annie

Tony Joe White

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 in the fields looks somethin' like a turnip green
And everybody calls it polk salad, polk salad
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 thats about all they had to eat, but they did all right

Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl, that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, polk salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A mean vicious woman)

Everyday ?for supper time, she'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody says it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman
Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it)

Her daddy 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
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her momma was a workin' on the chain gang
(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it)

Curiosità sulla canzone Polk Salad Annie di Elvis Presley

In quali album è stata rilasciata la canzone “Polk Salad Annie” di Elvis Presley?
Elvis Presley ha rilasciato la canzone negli album “Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden” nel 1972, “Elvis Aron Presley” nel 1980, “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters” nel 1995, “Live in Las Vegas” nel 2001, “The Live Greatest Hits” nel 2001, “Today, Tomorrow and Forever” nel 2002, “The Essential Elvis Presley” nel 2007, “Elvis 75: Good Rockin' Tonight” nel 2009, e “On Stage” nel 2013.
Chi ha composto la canzone “Polk Salad Annie” di di Elvis Presley?
La canzone “Polk Salad Annie” di di Elvis Presley è stata composta da Tony Joe White.

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