VIEW FROM MY BALCONY MAY 29, 2022

 SUMMER IS HERE!  

Chicago Beaches are OPEN!   

Here is the view from my balcony of the Chicago's famous Oak Street Beach, around noon on Sunday, May 29, 2022, the traditional Memorial Day Weekend date for this event.

              Smaller view of Oak Street Beach & John Hancock Building.

                                      Larger view of Oak Street Beach 

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THE SNAKE BY OSCAR BROWN

Enjoy Oscar Brown's classic about a woman's relationship with a snake:

Hear it performed by Al Wilson at many websites.

Here's a YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULx9k2QkL94

And here's another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vjfw7UHl_E

Or search for "The Snake" featuring Al Wilson.  

Here are the lyrics: 

https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/al-wilson/the-snake 

And here are the lyrics to print so you can sing along!

• 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 (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, for heaven's sake (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
  
  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
  "Take me in, oh, tender woman (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, for heaven's sake (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, 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 again and then kissed and held him tight
  But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite (ooh)
  "Take me in, oh, tender woman (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, for heaven's sake (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
  
  "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"
  "Please take me in, oh, tender woman (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, for heaven's sake (yes, come on in)
  Take me in, tender woman," sighed the snake
  Sighed the snake
  Take me in tender woman
  (Come on in you pretty snake, come on in)
  Snake, snake (yeah, come on in you pretty snake)
  Take me in, tender woman (come on in, yeah, yeah, yeah)
  Snake (come on in yeah, yeah, yeah)Writer/s: Oscar Brown Jr. 
  Publisher: CARLIN AMERICA INC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind