Key: E major•
Verse 1
Some of y'all never been down
south too much
I'm gonna tell you a little story
So's you'll understand what
I'm talkin' about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods,
and the fields
And it looks somethin' like
a turnip green
Everybody calls it polk salad
Now that's polk salad
Hut, hut, two, three, four
Hut, hut, two, three, four
Hut, hut, two, three, four
Hut, hut, two, three, four- four,
ah- ah, ah- ah, ah- ah, ah- ah
Anyway, I used to know a girl
lived down there
She'd go out in the evenings
and pick her a mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
Because that's about all
they had to eat
Verse 2
But they did all right
where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl that
I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
E
Em
gators got your granny
G
A
Everybody said it was a shame
A
E
a workin' on the chain gang
A mean, vicious,
straight razor- totin' woman
Verse 3
Lord, have mercy
E
Everyday before suppertime,
D
E
she'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of polk salad,
and carry it home in a tow sack
E
Em
the gators got your granny
G
A
Everybody says it was a shame
E
A
E
Verse 4
Verse 5
claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
Was stealin' watermelons
G
A
Polk salad An nie,
Em
E
Em
the gators got your granny
G
A
Everybody said it was a shame
Verse 6
A
E
A
E
A
E
A
Yeah,
You know I need
Sock a little (chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom- boom- boom)
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom
Chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom- boom- boom
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom
Chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom- boom- boom
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom
Chick- a- boom, chick-
a- boom- boom- boom
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom
Chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom- boom- boom
Chick- a- boom, chick-
a- boom
Chick- a- boom,
Verse 7
chick- a- boom- boom- boom
E
Yo, you're right,
you're right (chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom- boom- boom)
Sock a little polk salad
(chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom)
You know I need real mess of it (chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom- boom- boom)
Sock a little (chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom)
You know I need real mess of it (chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom-
boom- boom)
Sock a little (chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom)
Sock a (chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom- boom- boom)
Sock a (chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom)
Huh (chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom- boom- boom)
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom- boom-
boom
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom
Chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom- boom- boom
Chick- a- boom,
chick- a- boom
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom- boom- boom
Chick- a- boom, chick- a- boom
Verse 8
Thank you, thank you very much
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