The first hit for soul singer Al Wilson, who grew up in Meridian, Miss. and San Bernardino, California. It’s the tale of a woman who took in a rather sickly half-frozen snake, nursing it back to health. When it turned and bit the woman, she asked why, to which it replied, “You knew I was a snake!” Sort of based on the fable of “The Farmer And The Viper.” Wilson wouldn’t have another hit until the ‘70’s with “Show And Tell.”
Notice the chord structure and even some of the melody is similar to Herb Alpert's WORK SONG and Jethro Tull's LOCOMOTIVE BREATH.
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