Amos Moses lyrics
by Jerry Reed



Yeah here comes Amos Now Amos Moses was a Cajun He lived by himself in the swamp He hunted alligator for a living He'd just knock em' in the head with a stump The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp boy Now everyone blamed his old man For making him mean as a snake When Amos Moses was a boy His daddy would use him for alligator bait Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou About forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux Louisiana Lived a man called Doc milsapp and his pretty wife Hannah They raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries Named him after a man of the cloth Called him Amos Moses Now the folks around south Louisiana Said Amos was a hell of a man He could trap the biggest meanest alligator And just use one hand That's all he got left cause an alligator bit it Left arm gone clean up to the elbow Well the sheriff caught wind that Amos was up in the swamp Trappin' alligator skins So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy But he never came out Well I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou About forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux Louisiana Lived a cat named Doc milsapp and his pretty wife Hannah They raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries Named him after a man of the cloth Called him Amos Moses Sit down on em' Amos Make it count son About forty-five minutes south of Thibodeaux Louisiana...