(F)Down in Lou’ si an a sup per time, where the al li ga tors grow so mean, patch, there lived a a girl o’ that I swear to the world made the al li ga tors look tame; sack; Polk Sal ad (Bb)An nie,

the Polk tors Sal ad (F)An nie.

Ev ’ry (Ab)bod y said it was a (F)shame,

’cause her (Ab)ma ma was a work in’ on the (F)chain gang.

(F)Ev ery day si ’fore a sup per time, she’d go al li down tors by the truck patch, and pick her a mess o’ polk I sal ad the and car ry it li home in a tow sack; Polk Sal ad (Bb)An nie,

the ga tors got your (F)gran ny.

Ev ’ry (Ab)bod y said it was a (F)shame,

’cause her (Ab)ma ma was a work in’ on the (F)chain gang.