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   Oh, everybody said it was a shame   'Cause her mama was working on chain gang   Yes, she was   A mean vicious woman      Every day before supper time   She head down over to the truck patch   Pick her a mess of Polk salad   And carry it home in a tote sack      Polk salad Annie, the 'gators got you granny   Everybody said it was a shame   'Cause her mama was a workin' on the chain gang   Yes, she was      Her daddy was lazy and no count   Claimed he had a bad back   All of her brothers were fit for stealin'   Watermelons out of my truck patch      Polk salad Annie, oh, that 'gators got you granny   Oh, everybody said it was a shame   'Cause her mama was a workin' on the chain gang   Yes, she was      Everybody said it was a shame   'Cause her mama was a workin' on the chain gang   Yes, she was   Mean ol' mama