The Snake (ver. 2)(Cavaco chords)

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             On her way to work one morning, down the path along a lake  
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             A tender hearted woman found a poor half frozen snake  
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	His pretty coloured skin had been all frosted with the dew  
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	?Oh, snake? she said ?I?ll take you in and I?ll take care of you?.  
  
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 Chorus: 	Take me in tender woman, take me in for heaven sake  
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             	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  
  
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             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  
  
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            ?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'  
                                                    
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Written by Oscar Brown Jr