Now Amos Moses was a Cajun
He lived by himself in the swamp
He haunted alligators for a livin`
He just knock `em in the head with a stump.
The Louisiana law`s gonna get 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 throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait in the Louisiana bayou.
About forty five minutes southeast of Tippidoe Louisiana
Live 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.
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Now folks around south Louisiana
Said Amos was a hell of a man
He could trap the biggest the meanest alligator
And just use only one hand.
That`s all he got left `cause the alligator bit him
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow.
Well, the sheriff got wind
That Amos was in the swamp trappin` alligator skins
So he snook 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 forty five minutes.