Jerry Reed – Amos Moses lyrics

Yeah, here comes Amos

Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by his self in the swamp
He hunted alligator for livin'
He'd just knock them in the head with a stump

The Louisiana law gonna get ya Amos
It ain't legal huntin' 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 waste,
Throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou.
About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap
And his pretty white 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

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 got wind that Amos
Was in the swamp trackin' alligator skin
So he snuck in the swamp
Gonna get ya 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 Thibodaux 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

Sit down on 'em Amos
Make it count son.

About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodaux Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap
And his pretty wife Hannah