Polk Salad Annie
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"Polk Salad Annie" is a 1968 song written and performed by Tony Joe White. Its lyrics describe the lifestyle of a poor rural Southern girl and her family. Traditionally, the term to describe the type
Polk Salad Annie Tony Joe White
Phytolacca americana
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Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed famil
Polk Salad Annie
…and her family. Traditionally, the term to describe the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke salad, a dish of cooked greens made from pokeweed. Its 1969 single release peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, the song made No. 10 on the RPM Magazine Hot Singles chart. Elvis Presley's…
Pokeweed bush in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
American pokeweed (lat. Phytolacca americana)
A cluster of unripe pokeweed berries
A cluster of ripe pokeweed berries