“The Snake” is the title of a 1960s soul anthem released by the late American musician Al Wilson. THE SNAKE (Oscar Brown Jr.) Al Wilson Also recorded by: Belle Stars; Oscar Brown Jr.; The Mint Juleps; Johnny Rivers; Paula West. The daughters of the late singer-songwriter Oscar Brown Jr. said Monday that President Donald Trump is twisting the lyrics of their father's song titled, "The Snake" for politics.

Check out The Snake by Oscar Brown, Jr. on Amazon Music. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Donald Trump has been reading the lyrics to Oscar Brown Jr's song, "The Snake." President Donald Trump has dipped into his greatest hits during a speech at a conservative CPAC forum, reciting song lyrics that were a recurring feature of his campaign trail repertoire.

Brown, who died at 78 in 2005, wrote “The Snake” during a time in which he was performing regularly in nightclubs and writing songs that used …

(Joshua Roberts/ Reuters/ Africa Brown ) The daughters of the late performer Oscar Brown Jr. said Sunday that President Trump is misinterpreting their father’s song “The Snake” when he recites it at campaign rallies and speeches. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress.Brown wrote many songs (125 have been published), 12 albums, and more than a dozen musical plays.

Sisters Africa and Maggie Brown, daughters of Oscar Brown Jr. who wrote the song "The Snake", criticize President Trump for using it as an anti-immigration reference during rallies.

Brown’s daughter, Africa Brown, told a reporter for the Independent in 2018 that her father’s words were “being stolen to promote his hate message and intolerance and it’s absolutely wrong.”

The lyrics of “The Snake” narrate the tale of a kindhearted woman who finds a severely injured snake on the ground. Civil rights activist Oscar Brown Jr. wrote the poem as a song in 1963. The dying snake pleads with the woman to help it. (In 1968, it was used in a song by Al Wilson.) Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. Oscar Brown Jr. was a singer-songwriter and a civil rights activist in Chicago.

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