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Donald Trump reads The Snake again...
The song, a 1968 folk classic by Al Wilson - although Trump mistakenly that it was written by “the great Al Green” - tells the story of a wicked snake that tricks a “tender-hearted woman” into saving its life, only to bite and kill her. Trump, who uses the lyrics as a metaphor for the threat posed by refugees who seek entry into the US, has taken to reading it at each of his rallies.
Here’s the full text, for your interpretation:
On her way to work one morning,
Down the path alongside the lake,
A tender-hearted woman saw a poor, half-frozen snake.
His pretty-colored 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, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.
She wrapped him up all cozy 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 taking in had been revived.
“Take me in, oh tender woman,
Take me in, for heaven’s sake,
Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.
Now 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.”
Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite.
“Take me in, oh tender woman,
Take me in, for heaven’s sake,
Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.
“I saved you!” cried that woman.
“And you’ve bit me even - why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die!”
“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin.
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in!
“Take me in, oh tender woman,
Take me in, for heaven’s sake,
Take me in, oh tender woman,” sighed the snake.