Key: F minor
Verse 1
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On the
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way to work one morning,
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down the path alongside the lake,
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a tender -hearted woman
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found a cold half -frozen snake.
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His pretty colored skin
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had been all frosted with the dew.
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Poor thing, she cried,
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I'll take you in
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and I'll take care of you.
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Take me in , tender woman,
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take me in for heaven's sake.
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Take me in, tender woman,
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beside the snake.
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She wrapped him up all cozy
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in a comforter of silk
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And laid him by the fireside
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with some honey and some milk.
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She hurried home from work that night
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and soon as she arrived
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She found that snake she'd
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taken in by now
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had been revived.
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Take me in tender woman,
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Take me in, tender woman,
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inside the snake.
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She clutched him to her bosom.
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You're so beautiful, she cried.
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But if I hadn't brought you in by now,
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you might have died.
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She stroked his pretty skin again
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and kissed him, held him tight.
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Instead of saying thanks,
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that snake gave her a vicious bite.
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take me in for heaven's sake
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Take me in, tender woman,
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beside the snake
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I saved you, cried the woman,
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and you bitten me, but why?
You know your bite is poisonous
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and now I'm gonna die
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said the reptile with a grin.
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You knew damn well I was a snake
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before you took me in.
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take me in for heaven's sake.
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Take me in, tender woman,
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Take me in , tender woman,
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Take me in, tender woman,
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cried the snake
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I'll see time.
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