Abstract: There is a substitution of the traditional lyrics of Anaañ palm wine songswith the hybridized form in recent times. The songs as rendered in recent timesdepended more on the lyrics of Christian's songs. This affected the cultural valuesattached to the palm wine songs in the olden days; resulting in the gradualdisappearance of the traditional palm wine songs. This therefore attracted theresearcher to work on these areas in order to unravel the lyrics of the olden-day palmwine songs for proper validation. The study presented a decontextualizationAnalysisof Anaañ Palm Wine folk poetry, to provide insights into the lyrical gaps that existedin the modern-day Anaañ palm wine songs. The study adopted a descriptive researchdesign. Fifty (50) male adult respondents within the age range of 35 years to 55 yearswere purposively selected for data collection from Ikot Ekpene, Obot Akara andEssien Udin areas of Anaañ. Interview sessions and group discussion methods wereused to elicit information on the contexts of Anaañ palm wine folk poetry for thisstudy. Data was also collected from secondary sources like library resources. Thedata collected were recorded using ----. The data were further transcribedorthographically, collated, classified and analysed, using the framework ofdecontextualization. Findings from the study showed that there existed a gap in thelyrics in the olden days and modern-day palm wine poetry inAnaañ. Olden-day palmwine songs provided insights into the cultural values, beliefs and superstitions of theAnaañ people. The present-day palm wine folk poetry is adulterated and is beinginfluenced by ever-changing modernization, communication systems, migration tourban areas, changes in lifestyle, white collar jobs, the influence of Christianity onboth men and women and lack of government policy on the teaching of Anaañcultural practice. This work is relevant in the preservation of the cultural practicesembedded in Anaañ folk poetry, which in turn, shall be a source of languagepreservation when the contents of the Anaañ palm wine songs are documented basedon the olden days context.