Talk:Polk Salad Annie

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The term sallet does not exist based upon personal research, which is forbidden here. However the article makes no citation to the term "sallet" and provides no reference or citation I vote to delete this term. Also as per wikipedia and the dictionary itself "Sallet" is actualyl a medieval war helmet and not a food dish.

The term is POKE SALAD, not "polk" salad or anything sallet. It is a form of greens made from the poke plant, which is green with red streaks and has large heart-shaped leaves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BerWoo (talk • contribs) 06:35, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Do one search with any search engine and you will find uses of "Poke Sallet." The term does surely exist and is established language like this - please see and use the pokeweed article for the various spellings. It is of no use to discuss this here, an article about a song. (E-Kartoffel (talk) 15:22, 18 July 2011 (UTC))

Indeed, look at the picture of the record. "Poke Salad Annie" - case closed. GXIndiana (talk) 13:53, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

And case re=opened. It is referred to as "Poke Sallet" and "Poke Salat", as well as a bunch of other terms. The song title is but one spelling of the term used to refer to Pokeweed (or Phytolacca Americana, where you can go read about the plant the song is based on if you can handle the ego shot learning something.) There are many different names for this questionably edible (and somewhat poisonous) plant. Please leave the argument from incredulity on the page about argumentative fallacies where it belongs, please. And if you decide to prepare the plant while curing your ignorance, stick to early shoots and leaves, avoid the mature plants and don't even look at the berries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8803:950E:8F00:1115:1931:1B32:3851 (talk) 03:32, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Versions with and without horns
There are two versions of this song, with and without horns. I don't know when the horns were added, who added them, or when that version was released, and I don't have any of the original recordings. The version without horns is preferable; the horns are really pretty weak. Maybe someone knows about this and can enlighten us. 24.27.31.170 (talk) 20:12, 30 May 2011 (UTC) Eric

That's highly inaccurate. The live Elvis version most people request uses horns. Those aren't synths. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8803:950E:8F00:1115:1931:1B32:3851 (talk) 03:34, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * This song also appears on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Afternoon_in_the_Garden FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 14:06, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * No horns on that one, it seems. Although it does claim to have "water, scarves". Martinevans123 (talk) 14:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Right? LOL! Sorry, I may have missed the point of your original post (horns), and my point was that since there is a very good list of Elvis albums that this song appears on, someone may want to include one more. The best thing that I've learned through this whole experience is to not make a SALAD out of polk and make sure that you boil it three times and don't reuse that water. Cheers! FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 14:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
 * And don't re-use the scarves... Martinevans123 (talk) 14:35, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:52, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Poke Salad Annie → Polk Salad Annie – It is the title by Tony Joe White. It is the title listed at BMI and GEMA. |releases|cover E-Kartoffel (talk) 00:07, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
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Recording
Why does one portion of the article say that White recorded this song in Nashville while another portion says that he recorded it in Muscle Shoals? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:205:3:dee2:4d54:6269:70b3:408c (talk • contribs) 19:04, 25 July 2019 (UTC)


 * That's a very good question. Especially as neither claim seem to be sourced. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:07, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Harmonica, etc.
The current source gives White no credit for the harmonica. It's given by discogs.com e.g. here. They also give a credit for arrangement to D. Bergen White. Curiously there is no credit, even a generic group credit, to the brass section. Is any good source for these available? Martinevans123 (talk) 17:31, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Truck garden…
… means a market garden, where the ripened crop is harvested and trucked to town and sold. Unless someone sneaks in and steals the produce beforehand. 2001:8003:229C:DE00:AC66:6975:4016:B5F3 (talk) 08:59, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * From the old definition of truck, meaning small items for barter or trade; not the kinds of vehicles used to move them or the act of moving them. Rmhermen (talk) 20:33, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * So the actual lyric says "truck patch", in two separate places. So I've added a piped link for truck patch. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:10, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Bill Carlisle wrote Polk Salad Annie
Carlisle wrote the song in the 50s I thought but maybe not 2600:1700:5950:6140:5C7D:3F9C:D16C:B5DC (talk) 17:25, 18 June 2024 (UTC)