On her way to work one mornin'

down the path beside 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 up

all cozy in a comforter of silk.

And layed him by the fireside

with some honey and some milk.



She hurried home from work that night

and soon as she arrived,

she found that pretty snake

she'd taken in had been revived.



"Take me in, tender woman.

Take me in for Heaven's sake.

Take me in, tender woman,"

sighed the snake.



She clutched to her buxom.

"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 viscous 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.

"But you've bitten me, but why?

You know your bite is poisonous

and now I'm gonna die."



"Aww 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.



"Take me in, tender woman,"

sighed the slippery snake.

"Take me in, tender woman,"

sighed the snake