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 just knocked em' in the head with a stump

The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos
It ain't legal huntin' alligators down in the swamp boy
Now everybody blamed his old man
For makin' him mean as a snake

When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy use him for alligator bait
Tie a rope around his waist and throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou

About forty-five minutes south east of Thibadoux Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap 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

Now all the folks in and 'round 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 a alligator bit it
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow

Well the sheriff caught wind of 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
You can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou

About forty-five minutes south east of Thibadoux Louisiana
Lived a cat called Doc Milsap 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

Set out on um Amos
Make it count son

About forty-five minutes south east of Thibadoux Louisiana
Lived a man called Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna