Amos Moses

Yeah, here comes Amos Now, Amos Moses was a Cajun He lived by hisself in the swamp He hunted alligator for living He'd just knock them in the head with a stump The Louisiana law gon' get you Amos It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy Now everybody 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 waist And throw him in the swamp Alligator man in the Louisiana bayou About 45 minutes southeast of Tippitoe Louisiana Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah Well, they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries Named him after a man of the cloth Called him Amos Moses, yeah Now 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 alligator bit it Left arm gone, clean up to the elbow Well, the sheriff caught 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 About 45 minutes southeast of Tippitoe Louisiana Lived a cat called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah Well, they raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries Named him after a man of the cloth Called him Amos Moses Set out on 'em Amos Make it count, son About 45 minutes southeast of Tippitoe Louisiana Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hannah