On the way to work one morning
   Down the path along side the lake
   A tender hearted woman
   Found 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
   Aand 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 laid him by the fireside
   With some honey and some milk
  
   She hurried home from work that night
   And as 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 him to her bosom
   "You're so beautiful" she cried
   "But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died."
  
   Well she stroked his pretty skin again
   And kissed him really 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 gonna die."
  
   "Ha shut up, silly woman."
   Said that reptile with a grin.
   "You knew darn 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 Snake
   Take me in tender woman
   Sighed the Snake.