The version my mother, Mae Gill Reffeitt, taught me was:

Snow on the mountains, Snakes in the grass
The Old Man died With a cob in his ass.
The cob blew out, The wind blew in
And the old son-of-a bitch came to again.

Mother was born Dec. 31, 1908 and was a "flapper" in the late 1920's and went to clandestine night clubs. She won a prize for doing The Charleston dance at a fashion store downtown Huntington, West Virginia. Her family was from Mason County, WV, and they all used colorful descriptions and similes.