Some of you all never been down South too much...
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I'm gonna tell you a little story, so you'll understand where I'm talking about
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Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods and the fields,
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and it looks something like a turnip green.
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Everybody calls it Polk salad. Now that's Polk salad.
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Used to know a girl that lived down there and
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she'd go out in the evenings to pick a mess of it...
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Carry it home and cook it for supper, 'cause that's about all they had to eat,
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But they did all right.
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Down in Louisiana
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Where the alligators grow so mean
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Lived a girl that I swear to the world
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Made the alligators look tame
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Polk salad Annie
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'Gators got your granny
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Everybody said it was a shame
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For the mama was working on the chain-gang
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What a mean, vicious woman
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Everyday before suppertime
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wretched - infelice
world - mondo
woman - donna
where - dove
claimed - ha sostenuto
stealing - furto
lived - ha vissuto
little - piccolo
salad - insalata
vicious - vizioso
fields - i campi
grows - cresce
everyday - ogni giorno
annie - annie
chain - catena
before - prima
evenings - serate
everybody - tutti
straight - dritto
about - di
talking - parlando
mercy - misericordia
alligators - alligatori
daddy - papà
louisiana - Louisiana
brothers - fratelli
granny - nonna
story - storia
count - contare
watermelons - angurie
carry - trasportare
patch - toppa
never - mai
working - lavoro
looks - sembra
truck - camion
plant - pianta
razor - rasoio
right - destra
calls - chiamate
shame - vergogna
woods - boschi
something - qualcosa
gonna - andando
south - sud
supper - cena
there - là
suppertime - suppertime
green - verde
swear - giurare
turnip - rapa
understand - capire
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