“The Snake” is a song written and first recorded by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963, which became a hit single by American singer Al Wilson in 1968.
This certainly is not a hymn, but teaches tremendous spiritual truth. There are principles from the secular world that mimic what is taught in Scripture, and this song is certainly one of them.
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”
Now she wrapped him up all cozy in a coverture of silk
And laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk
Now she hurried home from work that night, as soon she arrived
Now she found that pretty snake she’d taken in had been revived
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 again and then kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite (ooh)
“I saved you,” cried that woman
“And you’ve bitten 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”
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
The old serpent is still using his crafty and deadly methods today because the human race hasn’t changed in susceptibility to his schemes.
Have you ever been bitten because you brought him in?
Think about it.
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