I was never a great fan of elvis but couple of songs i did like, one of them this poke salad thing, what is a poke salad?
2006-11-30 09:40:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Lucy, i think that is the title, and I dont know how to write a hum or la-las to the tune lol. The lyrics ..that's all i remember about it, poke salad annie..
Just really wanna know what a poke salad is!
2006-11-30 09:46:35 · update #1
well, there ya go, thanks lulu!
2006-11-30 09:47:39 · update #2
gets even better, thanks Jim! Yes Elvis did sing it btw
2006-11-30 09:50:24 · update #3
How can u best describe the taste? I'm in England, so what's the nearest 'green stuff' does it taste like? And why is it poisonous?
2006-11-30 09:55:15 · update #4
polk is a plant that grows in the southern united states...comes into season during the summer months...if eaten raw...it makes you deathly ill...so's ya gotta cook it into a "salad"...the stuff smells to high heaven while cooking it,,,and tastes like a mixture of cabbage, garlic and old sneakers!!!...my dad loved (and still loves) his "polk salad"...
2006-11-30 10:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is Polk Salad Annie, and it is by Tony Joe White. Elvis may have also recorded it. The following spoken intro to White's version explains all.
[spoken]
If some of ya'll never been down South too much...
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this,
So that you'll understand what I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant
That grows out in the woods and the fields,
Looks somethin' like a turnip green.
Everybody calls it Poke salad. Poke salad.
Used to know a girl that lived down there and
she'd go out in the evenings and pick 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.
2006-11-30 09:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jim T 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Poke salad annie...gator's got you're granny...everybody thought it was a shame, cause her momma was working on a chain gang, poke salad annie.
Okay, poke salad is a weed that grows in the wild. It's good to eat but you have to boil it three times to get all the poison out of it. I know, it's scary, but it's really good.
I don't really know the relationship between actual poke salad and the song but I DO know that Elvis was not the first person to sing this song.
2006-11-30 09:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by SallySue 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jim T has the words and Elvis said them with music playing before going into the song. I have him on CD or tape singing it at one of his concerts.
The King is missed.
2006-11-30 12:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by Learner 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it incredibly is whilst Your Heartaches start up is a eye-catching vocal preformance it incredibly is my favourite of those yet i'm a splash prepared on early Elvis. I even have 2 favorites to sing to a million.the female Loves me and a pair of. i'm gonna sit down suited down and cry over you.
2016-12-14 09:57:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great song, by the way. . never heard Elvis sing it, but I do remember it by the orig musician. . good stuff
2006-11-30 10:00:12 · answer #6 · answered by Wayne A 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont know to what you are refereing, give us some more lyrics, ans the song title, then maybe i can help
2006-11-30 09:42:57 · answer #7 · answered by Lucy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont no sorry
2006-11-30 21:11:05 · answer #8 · answered by dream theatre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋