On her way
to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman
saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted
with the dew
"Poor thing," she cried,
"I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in,
tender woman," sighed the snake
She wrapped him all cozy in
a comforter of silk
And laid him by her fireside with
some honey an d some milk
She hurried home from work that
night and soon as she ar rived
She found that pretty snake she'd
taken to had bee revived
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender wo man,"
sighed the snake
She clutched him to her bos om, "You're
so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by
now you might have died"
She stroked his pretty skin again
and kissed and held him tight
Instead of saying thanks,
the snake gave her a vicious bite
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman,"
sighed the snake
"I saved you," cried the woman
"And you've bitten me, but why?
You know your bite is poisonous
and now I'm going to die"
"Oh shut up,
silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake
before you took me in
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in,
for heaven's sake
Take me in,
tender woman," sighed the snake