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Amos Moses

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Amos Moses was released on July 1, 1970 by RCA Records Label as a part of the album Georgia Sunshine

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Jerry Reed

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Jerry Reed

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Jerry Reed

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Chet Atkins

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Tom Pick

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Elliot Federman

Elliot Federman

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Yeah, here comes Amos

[Verse 2]

Now Amos Moses was a Cajun

He lived by his self in the swamp

He hunted alligator for livin'

He just knock 'em in the head with a stump

The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos!

It ain't legal huntin' alligator down in the swamp, boy!

[Verse 3]

Now everybody blamed 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

Alligator bait in the Louisiana Bayou

[Verse 4]

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana

Lived a man called Doc Millsap and his pretty wife Hanna

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

[Verse 5]

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!

[Verse 6]

Well, the Sheriff got wind that Amos

Was in the swamp tracking alligator skin

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!

[Verse 7]

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana

Lived a cat called Doc Millsap and his pretty wife Hanna

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

[Verse 8]

Set out on 'em Amos

Make it count, Son!

[Verse 9]

About forty-five minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana

Written by: Jerry R. Hubbard

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