If some of y all never been down sout too much
I´m gonna tell you a little about this so that you´ll Understand what I´m talkin´ about...

To understand what we talking about
Down there we have a plant that grows like a turnip green
And everybody calls it poke salad... poke 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 that´s about all they
Had to eat, but they did all right.

Down in Lou´siana,
Where the alligators grow so mean,
There lived a girl that
I swear to the world,
Made the alligators look tame

Poke Salad Annie
Poke Salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a workin on the chain gang
I mean, vicious

Her daddy was lazy and no count
Claimed he had a bad back
And all her brothers were fit for
Was stealin watermelons out of my truck patch

Poke Salad Annie
The gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a workin on the chain gang
A wretched, spiteful ( (?))

Every day ´fore suppertime
She´d go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess o´ poke salad
And carry it home in a tote sack

Poke Salad Annie
The gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her Mama was a workin on the chain gang

Sock a little poke salad to me
You know I need me a mess of it

Sock a little poke
Sock a little ah ah ah
Sock a little oh oh oh
Sock a little ah ah ah ah ah ah

Poke Salad Annie
Poke Salad Annie
The gators got your granny

Poke Salad Annie
Poke Salad Annie
The gators got your granny