Polk Salad Annie (Film Mix) Lyrics in English Elvis Presley
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Polk Salad Annie (Film Mix) by Elvis Presley from Italian to English.
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Some of you all never been down South too much
Some of you all never been down South too much
I' gonna tell you a little story, so you'll understand where I'm talking about
I'll tell you a little story, so you'll understand where I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields
and it looks something like a turnip green
and it looks something like a turnip green
Everybody calls it Polk salad. Now that's Polk salad
Everybody calls it Polk salad. Now that's Polk salad
Used to know a girl that lived down there and
Used to know a girl that lived down there and
she'd go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it
she'd go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper, 'cause that's about all they had to eat
Carry it home and cook it for supper, 'cause that's about all they had to eat
But they did all right
But they did all right
Down in Louisiana
Down in Louisiana
Where the alligators grow so mean
Where the alligators grow so mean
Lived a girl that I swear to the world
Lived a girl that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie
Polk Salad Annie
'Gators got your granny
'Gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Everybody said it was a shame
For the mama was working on the chain-gang
For the mama was working on the chain gang
What a mean, vicious woman
What a mean, vicious woman
Everyday before suppertime
Everyday before suppertime
She'd go down by the truck patch
She'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of Polk salad
And pick her a mess of Polk salad
And carry it home in a tote sack
And carry it home in a tote sack
Polk salad Annie
Polk Salad Annie
'Gators got you granny
'Gators got you granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang
'Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang
Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman
Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
Sock a little Polk salad to him
Sock a little Polk salad to him
Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah
Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah
But daddy was a lazy and a no-count
But daddy was a lazy and a no-count
Claimed he had a bad back
Claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
All her brothers were fit for her
Was stealing watermelons out of my truck
She was stealing watermelons out of my truck
For once Polk salad Annie
For once Polk salad Annie
'Gators got your granny
'Gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Everybody said it was a shame
For the mama was working on the chain-gang
For the mama was working on the chain gang
Sock a little Polk salad to him
Sock a little Polk salad to him
You know what meets a meal mention
You know what meets a meal mention
You sock a little
You sock a little
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, yeah
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Chic a bon, chic a bon, chic a bon bon bon bon
Sock a little Polk salad to him
Sock a little Polk salad to him
You know what meets a meal mention
You know what meets a meal mention
Sock a little Polk salad to him
Sock a little Polk salad to him
You know what meets a meal mention
You know what meets a meal mention
Chinc, chinc, chinc, chin, ling, ling ling
Chinc, chinc, chinc, chin, ling, ling ling
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