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.”
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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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