If someone of y'all never been down south too much 如果有人对你们从来没有南下太多

I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this 我会告诉你这一点

So that you'll understand what I'm talking about 这样你就会明白我在说什么

   

Down there we have a plant that grows 那里我们有植物生长

Out in the woods and the fields 在树林和田野

Looks somethin' like a turnip green 看起来事端像一个绿色的萝卜

   

Everybody calls it Polk salad, Polk salad 每个人都将其称为波克沙拉，凉拌波克

Used to know a girl that lived down there 用了才知道一个女孩，生活在那儿

And she'd go out in the evenings and pick mess of it 和她出门，晚上和挑它乱

   

Carry it home and cook it for supper 带着它回家煮晚饭

'Cause that's about all they had to eat 因为，那就是所有他们吃

But they did all right 但是，他们做了所有正确的

   

Down in Louisiana where the alligators grow so mean 唐恩在路易斯安那州，其中鳄鱼长得这么均值

There lived a girl that I swear to the world 这里住着，我发誓对世界的女孩

Made the alligators look tame 所做的鳄鱼看起来温驯

   

Polk salad Annie, Polk salad Annie 波克沙拉安妮，波克沙拉安妮

Everybody said it was a shame 大家说，这是一种耻辱

'Cause her mama was working on chain gang [因为她的妈妈正在研究链团伙

(A mean, vicious woman) （平均值，恶性的女人）

   

Everyday 'fore supper time she'd go down by the truck patch 每天“前吃晚饭的时间，她会走下来的卡车补丁

And pick her a mess o' Polk salad and carry it home in a tote sack 并挑选了她一个烂摊子O波克沙拉和带回家的手提包袋

   

Polk salad Annie, 'gators got you granny 波克沙拉安妮， “鳄鱼把你奶奶

Everybody said it was a shame 大家说，这是一种耻辱

'Cause her mama was a workin' on the chain gang [因为她的妈妈是个干活的上链团伙

(A wretched spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman) （一猥琐可恶，直剃刀totin 女人）

(Lord have mercy, pick mess of it) （求主怜悯，挑它的一塌糊涂）

   

Her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back 她的爸爸是懒惰和无算，声称他有一个坏的背

All her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch 她所有的兄弟都适合被stealin “西瓜了我的卡车补丁

   

Polk salad Annie, the 'gators got you granny 波克沙拉安妮的“鳄鱼把你奶奶

Everybody said it was a shame 大家说，这是一种耻辱

'Cause her mama was a working on the chain-gang “引起她的妈妈是一个致力于连锁团伙

(Sock a little Polk salad to me) （袜子上有一点波克沙拉给我）

(You know I need a mess of it) （你知道我需要的是一个烂摊子）