Spiders and Snakes

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Jim Adams’ challenge this week is to write about a song which includes: Alligator/Crocodile/Lizard/Snake/Turtle. I have gone with snakes, as the first one to come to mind was Loretta Lynn’s cover of Spiders and Snakes. The song was originally recorded by Jim Stafford and was performed by him both as a solo and as a duet with Dolly Parton. I was Number 3 on Billboard in 1974 and reached Number 1 in Canada. I like the lyrics as they do so sound like teenaged courting.

Lyrics:

I remember when Mary Lou
Said, “You wanna walk me home from school?”
Well, I said, “Yes, I do”
She said, “I don’t have to go right home
And I would kinda like to be alone some if you would”
I said, “Me, too” haha
And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimming hole
And she said, “Do what you wannna do”
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said, “This frog’s for you”
Haha, and she said
“I don’t like spiders and snakes
And that ain’t what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don’t like spiders and snakes
And that ain’t what it takes to love me
Like I wanna be loved by you”
Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, “Hello, baby”
She say, “Ain’t you cool”
Ha, say, “Do you remember when?
And would you like to get together again?”
She said, “I’ll see you after school”
I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch and smile
‘Til she said, “Come on over here”
I was nervous, as you might guess
Still looking for something to slip down her dress
And she said, “Let’s make it perfectly clear”
She said
“I don’t like spiders and snakes
And that ain’t what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don’t like spiders and snakes
And that ain’t what it takes to love me
Like I wannna be loved by you”

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Jim Stafford / David Bellamy

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