Amos Moses

Lyrics

Yeah here comes Amos
Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
he lived by himself in the swamp
He hunted alligators for a livin’
he’d just knock ’em in the head
with a stump

The Louisiana law’s gonna g
et ya Amos
It ain’t legal huntin’ alligators
down in the swamp boy

Now everybody blames his old man
for makin’ him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would
use him for alligator bait

Tie a rope around his waist and
throw him in the swamp ha ha ha
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou

Chorus
About forty five minutes southeast
of Thibodaux Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Millsap
and his pretty wife Hannah
Well they raised up a son that could
eat up his weight in groc’ries
Named him after the man of the cloth
called him Amos Moses
Yeah ha ha

Now all the folks around south Louisiana
said Amos was a hell of a man
He could trap the biggest the meanest alligator
and just use one hand

That’s all he got left cause the
alligator bit him ha ha ha
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow

Well the sheriff got wind that Amos
was in the swamp trappin’ alligator skins
So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy
but he never come out again

Well I wonder where the Louisiana
sheriff went to
Well you can sure get lost
in the Louisiana bayou

Chorus
About forty five minutes southeast
of Thibodaux Louisiana
Lived a cat called Doc Millsap
and his pretty wife Hannah
Well they raised up a son that could
eat up his weight in groc’ries
Named him after a man of the cloth
called him Amos Moses

Sit down on ’em Amos
make it count son