Elvis Presley — Polk Salad Annie

[Intro] Some of y'all never been down South too much I'm going to tell you a little story, so you'll understand what I'm talking about Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields And it looks something like a turnip green Everybody calls it polk salad Now that's polk salad Used to know a girl that lived down there and She'd go out in the evenings and pick a mess of it Carry it home and cook it for supper, because that's about all they had to eat But they did all right [Verse 1] Down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean Lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame [Chorus] Polk Salad Annie Gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her mama was a-working on the chain-gang A mean, vicious woman [Verse 2] Every day before suppertime She'd go down by the truck patch And pick her a mess of polk salad And carry it home in a tow sack [Chorus] Polk Salad Annie Gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her mama was a-working on the chain-gang A wretched, spiteful, straight razor toting woman Lord, have mercy [Bridge] Sock a little polk salad to me (You know a need a real mess of it) [Verse 3] Her daddy was lazy and a no-count Claimed he had a bad back All her brothers were fit for Was stealing watermelons out of my truck patch [Chorus] Polk Salad Annie Gators got your granny Everybody said it was a shame 'Cause her mama was a-working on the chain-gang [Outro] Sock a little polk salad to me You know a need a real mess of it You sock a little (Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah) (Chic-a-boom, chic-a-boom, chic-a-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom) (Chic-a-boom, chic-a-boom, chic-a-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom) Sock a little polk salad to me You know I need a real mess of it Sock a little polk salad to me You know I need a real mess of it Ching, ching, a-ching, ching Ching, ching, a-ching, ching, a-ling, a-ling, a-ling Ching, ching, a-ching, ching, a-ling Ching, ching, a-ching, ching Ching, ching, a-ching, ching Ching, ching, a-ching, ching...