Dm 
             On her way to work one morning, down the path along a lake 
                                                                     A7 
             A tender hearted woman found a poor half frozen snake 
               Dm 
        His pretty coloured skin had been all frosted with the dew 
                                                     A7 
        'Oh, snake' she said 'I'll take you in and I'll take care of you'. 
 
                            Dm   
 Chorus:        Take me in tender woman, take me in for heaven sake 
                                                           A7 
                Take me in oh tender woman ssssssssighed 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, as soon as she arrived 
        She found that pretty snake she'd taken in had been revived 
 
Chorus   
 
             She clutched him to her bosom 'You're so beautiful' she cried 
        'And if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have well had died' 
        She stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight 
        But instead of saying thanks the snake gave her a vicious bite 
 
Chorus   
 
            '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!' 
            "Shut-up silly woman' said that reptile with a grin 
            "You knew darn well I was a snake before you took me in" 
                                                   
Chorus