I dont know how Tony did it but this is how my Daddy played it when we traveled 
on the road with the band.



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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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               She'd go down by the truck patch
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              And pick her a mess of Polk salad
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             And carry it home in a tote sack


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                    Polk salad Annie
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                  Gators got you granny
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              Everybody said it was a shame
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'       Cause the mama was working on the chain-gang
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    Whoo, how wretched, dispiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,



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              Sock a little Polk salad to him
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              Yeah, you know what, yeah, yeah


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            Her daddy was a lazy and a no-count
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                 Claimed he had a bad back
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               All her brothers were fit for
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         Was stealing watermelons out of my truck


feel free to post any corrections!!!!!