ON HER WAY TO
WORK ONE MORNIN'
DOWN THE PATH
ALONG SIDE THE LAKE
A TENDER-HEARTED WOMAN
SAW A POOR
HALF-FROZEN SNAKE
HIS PRETTY COLOURED SKIN
HAD BEEN ALL FROSTED
WITH THE DEW
OH WELL, SHE CRIED
I'LL TAKE YOU IN
AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU
TAKE ME IN, OH TENDER WOMAN
TAKE ME IN, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
TAKE ME IN, TENDER WOMAN
SIGHED THE SNAKE
NOW SHE WRAPPED
HIM UP ALL COSY
IN A CURVATURE OF SILK
AND THEN LAID HIM BY
THE FIRESIDE WITH SOME
HONEY AND SOME MILK
NOW SHE HURRIED HOME
FROM WORK THAT NIGHT
AS SOON AS SHE ARRIVED
SHE FOUND THAT PRETTY SNAKE
SHE'D TAKEN IN
HAD BEEN REVIVED
TAKE ME IN, OH TENDER WOMAN
TAKE ME IN, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
TAKE ME IN, TENDER WOMAN
SIGHED THE SNAKE
NOW SHE CLUTCHED
HIM TO HER BOSOM
YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL
SHE CRIED
BUT IF I HADN'T-A
BROUGHT YOU IN
BY NOW YOU
MIGHT HAVE DIED
NOW SHE STROKED
HIS PRETTY SKIN AGAIN
AND THEN KISSED
AND HELD HIM TIGHT
BUT INSTEAD OF SAYIN'
THANKS THAT SNAKE
GAVE HER A VICIOUS BITE
TAKE ME IN, OH TENDER WOMAN
TAKE ME IN, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
TAKE ME IN, TENDER WOMAN
SIGHED THE SNAKE
I SAVED YOU CRIED THAT WOMAN
AND YOU'VE BIT ME EVEN, WHY
AND YOU KNOW YOUR BITE
IS POISONOUS AND
NOW I'M GONNA DIE
OH, SHUT UP, SILLY WOMAN
SAID THAT REPTILE WITH A GRIN
NOW, YOU KNEW DARN WELL
I WAS A SNAKE BEFORE
YOU BROUGHT ME IN
PLEASE TAKE ME IN
OH TENDER WOMAN
TAKE ME IN, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
TAKE ME IN, TENDER WOMAN
SIGHED THE SNAKE
SIGHED THE SNAKE
TAKE ME IN TENDER WOMAN
SSS... SIGHED THE SNAKE
SSS... SIGHED THE SNAKE
TAKE ME IN TENDER WOMAN