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    Tony Joe White, "Polk Salad Annie"

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    Title of the song rings a bell. RIP
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    RIP, Tony.
    I remember the song - it played a lot on the radio one summer when I was a kid - about the same time when "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" was popular.
    https://youtu.be/WrT-TQTLoiw
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    The proper word is "salet." As in "I sure wish I had me a mess of poke salet!" Mama got snake bit picking it at the edge of our little shack when I was a wee lass in red tights and blue dress.
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    I loved when Elvis sang this at his Vegas shows that I watch on DVD

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    Quote Originally Posted by cindyt View Post
    The proper word is "salet." As in "I sure wish I had me a mess of poke salet!" Mama got snake bit picking it at the edge of our little shack when I was a wee lass in red tights and blue dress.
    They probably yankeefied it, so would not scare the rest of the nation.
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    Gators got your granny. RIP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cindyt View Post
    The proper word is "salet." As in "I sure wish I had me a mess of poke salet!" Mama got snake bit picking it at the edge of our little shack when I was a wee lass in red tights and blue dress.
    Did you grow up in Scotland or did y'all just talk funny for Americans?
    I always called it "poke salad"; not "polk salad" too.
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    Huh. I always called it "Poke" too. The vid lists it as, "Polk." Plus, the article does too. Did not notice that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimC View Post
    Did you grow up in Scotland or did y'all just talk funny for Americans?
    I always called it "poke salad"; not "polk salad" too.
    It is poke. My grandparents were North Georgia Mountain hillbillies and, yes, they did talk funny.

    Quare = queer
    Frash = fresh
    Poke = bag

    And so on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cindyt View Post
    It is poke. My grandparents were North Georgia Mountain hillbillies and, yes, they did talk funny.

    Quare = queer
    Frash = fresh
    Poke = bag

    And so on.
    That's just normal English where I'm from - along with words like "over yonder" and "fixin to" and "a mess of" and "yes'm or no'm" and the like.
    I was talking about the "wee lass" part - your grandparents must have been some pretty sophisticated hillbillies to dress you like that and call you "lass".
    I'm suspecting some outside influences were at work there - had they ever traveled to Arkansas? Even to this day, people talk and dress funny over there, shoes and underwear and such.
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    Y'all just listen to the song and hesh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cleanskull View Post
    Y'all just listen to the song and hesh.
    Hesh up yourownself.
    It ain't fittin to bust up into an intellectual discussion twixt neighbors.
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    Got to see and hang out with him for an evening in a small club in New Orleans - He put on one of the best shows I'd ever seen. Just him with a beat up old guitar, beat up amp, a fuzz pedal and a drummer. Killed the crowd - Everybody just stopped what they were doing and crowded around the stage. He was such a super cool and humble guy.

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    ^^That^^ must have been a blast.
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